1 Dead, 3 Injured After Shots Fired Outside Arkansas Graduation

1 Dead, 3 Injured After Shots Fired Outside Arkansas Graduation
The Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs, Ark., in September 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—A man opened fire outside an Arkansas convention center after a high school graduation ceremony, killing one person and wounding three others and exchanging gunfire with police, authorities said Friday.

The shooting happened Thursday night outside the Hot Springs Convention Center, which had hosted a graduation ceremony for Hot Springs World Class High School, said Officer Omar Cervantes. Hot Springs officers then wounded the suspect, Charles Johnson, 25, who fled and was later arrested at a hospital on a murder warrant.