Fight Leads to Deadly Shooting in Arkadelphia

By: Jessica Ward

Updated: December 2, 2012

It happened outside of a party on Main Street just after 2 o'clock Sunday morning.

Arkadelphia police say Jarvis Purifoy, 21, shot two people, killing Jerome Caldwell, 25, of Crossett.

The other woman shot was treated at a nearby hospital and later released.

Police say neither victim was Purifoy's intended target.

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