MAUMELLE — The Maumelle Police Department (MPD) has requested the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Crystal Hill Road on Saturday, Jan. 11, at around 2 p.m.
MPD was assisting Metropolitan Emergency Medical Service (MEMS) with an individual during a disturbance in the 10000 block of Crystal Hill Road. As officers tried to take the man into custody, he reportedly brandished a knife. MPD officers discharged their service firearms, striking the man, identified as Benjamin Prowell, 34, of Conway.
Prowell was transported to UAMS, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 4 p.m.