A 16-year-old boy was arrested in connection with an Oct. 6 killing in which a man was beaten after arguing with two people and telling them they were trespassing, according to an arrest report from the Pulaski County sheriff's office.

Dillon Tharpe, 16, of Little Rock turned himself in to the sheriff's office on Monday, accompanied by his attorney, and was charged with second-degree murder as an adult. He also faces one count of first-degree battery in a separate case, according to online court records.

The day of the killing, deputies responded to the residence of Bobby Wade Jr., 70, near Woodwardville, according to an incident report from Pulaski County sheriff's office. Wade told deputies that while cutting his grass, he observed two Black males in a silver Kia Soul parked on his pro

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