Arkansas State Police investigating deadly officer-involved shooting in Pike County

PIKE COUNTY, Ark. – Arkansas State Police are investigating an officer-involved that left a woman dead in Pike County on Thursday morning.

According to an ASP release, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office responded just before 9:30 a.m. to reports of a woman with a knife in an area on Highway 84 West near the community of Glenwood.

Authorities said the deputies asked the woman, identified as 40-year-old Jennifer Provence, to drop the knife but she did not respond to their commands.

ASP officials said a deputy then fired his gun at Provence and hit her. Provence then died from her injuries on the scene, according to police.

State police said ASP Criminal Investigation Division agents will prepare an investigative file to be submitted to the Pike County Prosecuting Attorney who will determine if the use of deadly force was consistent with Arkansas law.

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