UPDATE TUESDAY 3:45 P.M.:
The third juvenile wanted for shooting three people, killing two of them – including a 20-year-old woman with ties to Rison – has turned themselves in to the Hot Springs Police Department. That juvenile has been charged with two counts of Capital Murder and one county of Aggravated Battery.
The charges come after the murder of 20-year-old Mahayla Swaze and 20-year-old Adrianna Howell. A juvenile was also shot in the incident. Swaze had ties to Rison before her death.
The Hot Springs Police Department has not named the three juveniles arrested despite charging them as adults in this matter.
UPDATE MONDAY 4:30 P.M.:
The Hot Springs Police Department has announced that two juveniles have been arrested for the murder of 20-year-old Mahayla Swaze and 20-year-old Adrianna Howell. A juvenile was also shot in the incident.
The Hot Springs Police Department has not named the juveniles, but has said they are being charged with two counts of Capital Murder and one count of Aggravated Battery.
A third juvenile is being sought in connection to this shooting as well, according to police.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A 20-year-old woman with ties to Rison has died after being shot along with two other people in Hot Springs on Friday.
According to a press release from the Hot Springs Police Department officers responded to a shooting in the 200 block of Beard Street at 5:15 p.m. Friday where they found two victims, 20-year-old Adrianna Howell and 20-year-old Mahayla Swayze, with gunshot wounds inside of a vehicle.
Swayze, who has connections to Rison, succumbed to her injuries Sunday afternoon in a Hot Springs hospital, according to multiple social media posts. Howell was pronounced dead at the scene from her injuries.
A third victim was located at the 200 block of North Patterson Street with a gunshot wound to the leg. That victim is a juvenile and has not been named.
The Hot Springs Police Department is asking for anyone with any information that could assist in their investigation to contact them at 501-321-6789.
