Pine Bluff police arrest suspect in deadly shooting near shopping center

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Pine Bluff police have a man in custody connected to a Saturday homicide. According to investigators, 22-year-old Julius Ford was arrested in Arkadelphia Tuesday afternoon. Investigators said officers found 30-year-old Ryan Wear shot in the face inside his vehicle near the Pine Bluff Shopping Center on Harding Avenue around 11:15 a.m. Saturday morning. Wear was taken to a local hospital but later died from his wounds. Officials said Ford will now be transported to the W.C. Dub Brassell Detention Center where he will face a Capital...