At 7:04 p.m., Sept. 15, Takamren James Rowland (22) was arrested for shooting a 38 male victim.

According to an Arkansas Democrat Gazette article, the shooting was heard around 2:42 a.m. at 5230 Tennyson Drive Sept. 14.

Over the course of one day, the Conway police arrested Rowland with the assistance of the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office, where they arrested the suspect in Morrilton and taken into custody.

We reached out to the Conway PD for a statement; however, due to the fact that its Public Relations officer was on training, we were informed to review the Facebook and Instagram post that they had made on the subject.

In the post CPD stated that the “detectives had determined that Rowland and the victim were involved in a conflict that escalated into gunfire directed at the victim and his residence.”

The conflict, in question, was not disclosed; however, according to a KATV 7 article, the victim was quickly given medical aid; after which, he was sent to a medical institution where he was fully recuperated and released.

Rowland is currently being held at the Faulkner County Detention Facility, which comprises two units regularly inspected by state inspectors.

“State inspectors not only come through and review policies at facilities, but state inspectors come through themselves, physically on site and actually inspect the facilities,” said FCSO Terry Skaggs, “That’s required by facilities for any state or federal government operations.”

This job is given to the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST), a subdivision of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.

On the department’s website, it states that its mission is to “encourage increasing the professional competency of law enforcement officers in the State of Arkansas by providing standards for employment and training and by providing, sponsoring or conducting training and by conducting or stimulating studies and research designed to improve the administration of law enforcement and implementing the commission’s regulations.”

We also reached out to the Morrilton PD but they could not commit on the subject due to the case being out of their jurisdiction.

Rowland is facing 10 charges of a Class Y Felony Terroristic Act and one charge of a criminal attempt at murder in the first degree.

These both fall under Arkansas law, meaning that Rowland will be tried in the state courts.

According to the Arkansas Constitution, if someone commits a “Terroristic Act” if one “(1) Shoots at or in any manner projects an object at a conveyance which is being operated or which is occupied by another person with the purpose to cause injury to another person or damage to property; or (2) Shoots at an occupiable structure with the purpose to cause injury to a person or damage to property.”

This becomes a Class Y felony when “any person who commits a terroristic act is guilty of a Class Y felony if the person with the purpose of causing physical injury to another person causes serious physical injury or death to any person.”

Murder under the Arkansan Constitution is also classified as a Class Y felony.

In order for an act to be considered murder in the first degree, the Arkansas Constitution gives the following guidelines:

“(a) A person commits murder in the first degree if: (1) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons: … (2) With a purpose of causing the death of another person, the person causes the death of another person; … (b) It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution under subdivision (a)(1) of this section for an offense in which the defendant was not the only participant that the defendant: (1) Did not commit the homicidal act or in any way solicit, command, induce, procure, counsel, or aid the homicidal act’s commission; (2) Was not armed with a deadly weapon; (3) Reasonably believed that no other participant was armed with a deadly weapon; and (4) Reasonably believed that no other participant intended to engage in

conduct that could result in death or serious physical injury.”

Under the same Arkansan Constitution, a Class Y felony can range from 10 to 40 years.

This means that if Rowland is found guilty for each charge, he could potentially face anywhere from 110 to 410 years in prison.

A Class Y felony cannot be eligible for parole under the Arkansas Constitution.

This means that Rowland would have to serve the time on his sentence unless he appealed to and won in the higher courts.