Names Have Now Been Released In Stone County Officer Involved Shooting

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The man and woman who were involved in the deadly shooting in Stone County with a Sheriff’s Deputy have been identified. The Arkansas State police say that 39 year old Samuel Fullerton of Leslie was killed and 32 year old Erika Johnson was injured in the shooting, which also claimed the life of Deputy Mike Stephen. Stephen had went to a call of a domestic disturbance on flag road and while he was talking to Johnson, gunfire erupted. There were two other deputies that were present when the gunfire started. The bodies of both Stephen and Fullerton were sent to the Arkansas State crime Lab for autopsies. The Arkansas State Police are investigating the shooting.