OzarksFirst UPDATE 5/17/23 — The suspect in Tuesday’s manhunt has been apprehended, according to a spokesperson for the Missouri State Highway Patrol. No other information has been confirmed as of this time.
An incident that began in Arkansas has now made its way to the Missouri side of the Lakes Region.
Ozarks First and other media outlets are reporting that a perimeter has been set up and a search is underway near Saddlebrook for a man wanted on felony warrants from Arkansas.
Law enforcement officials from Branson, Taney, Stone and Christian counties, Highway Patrol Troop D and the U.S. Marshall Service are searching for the man after he ditched his car on Dry Hollow Road and ran into the woods after a three-county pursuit.
Patrol Sgt. Mike McClure said the pursuit began in Branson and went through Stone County and into Christian County before the driver took off into a wooded area near a community off U.S. 65 about halfway between Branson and Ozark.
He has not been identified by officials but is wanted on warrants for probation violations and has a lengthy felony arrest record. Some media reports indicate that he is wanted in relation to a shooting incident in Arkansas.
More information will be posted as is released by Law Enforcement Officials.
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