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Mountain Home Shooting Suspect Arrested in Ozark County

Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 5:04 AM

By Scott McCaulley @smcckc

A suspect in a shooting incident Tuesday in Mountain Home has been taken into custody in Ozark County.

Police Chief Eddie Griffin tells KTLO in Mountain Home that officers with the Mountain Police Department, the 14th Judicial Drug Task Force and the Ozark County Sheriff’s Office arrested Alex Jordan Jeschke at a residence in Ozark County around 5:30 Tuesday.

Jeschke was allegedly involved in a shooting incident earlier in the day in Mountain Home. The shooting victim was taken for treatment to Baxter Regional Medical Center where he is reported to be in stable condition.

Jeschke is facing charges of attempted murder and is currently in the Ozark County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

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