![]() ![]() Shell casings littered the street and a gun was seen on the sidewalk near the suspect. Officers at scene exchanged gunfire with Scott, who was shot "multiple times," as other officers rushed the scene, one witness said and police confirmed in a news release. It was not clear Sunday if Smith fired at the man. Once at the scene, they approached Scott on Bathhouse Row and Hot Springs police Officer 1st Class Johnathan Smith was shot twice, police said. to a 911 call reporting a disorderly person downtown with a gun. ![]() Officers responded to the 500 block of Central Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Bathhouse Row Emporium is in Lamar Bath House, for further reference. ![]() Other callers reported seeing the man with "some type of long gun."Ĭentral Avenue, which would normally be thick with traffic during the busy tourism season, was blocked for hours because of the shooting, which occurred in the national park between the Lamar Bath House and the Administration Building, at the south end of the Row. Several callers reported seeing Scott walking in the 300 block of Central Avenue "causing a disturbance and threatening bystanders," police said in a release late Sunday. Witnesses said the man, later identified by police as Jonathan Allen Scott, 31, of Hot Springs, was seen walking along Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park, which was crowded with tourists, "pumping a gun." HOT SPRINGS - Downtown sidewalks crowded with visitors on a quiet Sunday afternoon transformed into chaos after a man exchanged gunfire with Hot Springs police, injuring one officer, before he was shot multiple times, according to witnesses at the scene and statements from police. ![]()
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