At approximately 6:39 p.m. on Sunday, January 7, 2024, the Forrest City Police Department (FCPD) advised the Arkansas State Police (ASP) that they were in pursuit of two robbery suspects. While traveling on Interstate 40 East, the suspect’s vehicle reached triple-digit speeds and FCPD lost sight of it near the 247-mile marker.
ASP Troopers located the vehicle traveling west on U.S. Highway 64 in Wynne and initiated a traffic stop. After pulling over briefly, the suspects sped away. Spike strips were deployed, stopping the suspect’s vehicle near Arkansas Highway 193.
The suspects exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The passenger was taken into custody without incident. Later, a child discovered the armed suspect, Dillion J. Scrivner, 19, of Tulsa inside a vehicle parked at a nearby home. Scrivner again fled on foot.
An ASP K-9 and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission were called to the scene to help track Scrivner.
Scrivner was found in a nearby field with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
ASP Troopers rendered aid until emergency personnel arrived and transported Scrivner to the St. Bernards CrossRidge Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 10:21 p.m. His remains were transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy.
ASP’s Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the incident.
