Arkansas man in custody for pointing gun at child

JAY, Okla. – An Arkansas man accused of pointing a gun at a five-year-old child was taken into custody by Oklahoma law enforcement officers at a rural Delaware County residence.

Mackenley King Thompson, 26, of Bentonville, Ark., is being held in the Delaware County jail.

Capt. James Morgan with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department said Thompson is accused of a domestic violence attack where he beat up his girlfriend and pointed a revolver at a child.

“Thankfully, the gun did not discharge,” Morgan said;

Warrants out of Arkansas include attempted capital murder, aggravated assault, terrorist threatening, possession of a firearm by a certain person, and interfering with emergency communication devices.

Morgan said the sheriff’s department received a tip Thompson was at a Zena residence.  He was taken into custody without incident, he said.

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