Two Oklahoma men have been arrested for capital murder and other felony charges in connection to the fatal shooting of an El Dorado man last weekend.
The arrests resulted from a collaboration between several law enforcement agencies who assisted the El Dorado Police Department in its investigation.
One of the suspects, Broderick L. Carter, 36, is the stepbrother of the victim, 30-year-old Johntavian Hill, El Dorado police said.
Carter was booked into the Oklahoma County jail on Nov. 6 following an eight-hour stand-off at his residence with officers from the Oklahoma City Police Department.
The arrest came several hours after El Dorado police received multiple reports of shots fired at 11:18 a.m. Nov. 5 at Hill's residence, 2322 Oxford St.
Charles E. Mitchell, III, 30, of Moore, Oklahoma, which is approximately 10 miles south of Oklahoma City and is part of the metropolitan area, was taken into custody by Oklahoma police on Tuesday.
Carter and Mitchell had been identified as suspects during the EPD investigation into the shooting and arrest warrants were issued for both men on charges of capital murder, aggravated residential burglary, possession of a firearm by certain persons and penalty enhancements for engaging in violent criminal group activity and for felony with a firearm.
EPD officers reported that when they arrived at the Oxford Street residence, they found Hill lying motionless on the floor of the living room.
Hill was pronounced dead on the scene, having sustained 10 gunshot wounds, nine to the back and one to the back of the head, according to a preliminary medical examiner's report that was released Monday by the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory in Little Rock.
Through interviews with witnesses and surveillance video footage in the area, EPD investigators were able to identify Carter as a suspect shortly after the shooting occurred, said Capt. Scott Harwell, of the EPD's Criminal Investigative Division.
Investigators also determined there were at least two shooters, he said, noting, "We had two different guns and two different calibers at the scene."
Hill was home alone at the time of the shooting, Harwell said.
He said a total 15 shell casings were recovered inside the residence, with four or five bullets going into the living room walls and floor.
EPD investigators have said they believe the shooting stemmed from an ongoing dispute between the stepbrothers. They have not established the cause of the dispute.
Carter's father is reportedly married to Hill's mother and Carter's parents, including his biological mother, live in Columbia County.
After identifying Carter as a suspect, the EPD obtained a warrant for his arrest and notified the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Once patrol officers verified that Carter was at his residence in Oklahoma City, they called in the OCPD, who converged on the residence in the 1300-block of North West 106th Street.
The stand-off began on the night of Nov. 5 and continued into the early morning hours of Nov. 6 when Carter was finally taken into custody without further incident.
Harwell said EPD investigators confirmed Mitchell's identity Tuesday and an hour after an arrest warrant was signed and issued by a local judge, the OCPD, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, took Mitchell into custody in Oklahoma City.
Harwell said Mitchell had ridden to El Dorado with Carter, adding, "I'm not aware of any (familial) relation (between Mitchell and Hill). We do know they are known associates of each other."
Harwell said more arrests could be forthcoming in the case.
Carter and Mitchell are awaiting extradition to El Dorado to face their charges in a first appearance hearing in 35th Judicial District Court.
An extradition hearing was held Tuesday for Carter in Oklahoma City. Harwell said late Tuesday afternoon that he had not yet received word about the results of the hearing.
He also said Oklahoma City police were still interviewing Mitchell late Tuesday afternoon.
"That's still ongoing as we speak," Harwell said.