Arkansas Shooting: Teen Charged For Killing 3 Including Mom, Sister

17-year-old Jonathan Rolfe was charged with killing 3 people in an Arkansas shooting incident last year. Two of the three victims reportedly included Rolfe’s own mother and sister.

Suspect Jonathan Rolfe with Victims [Photo: WREG.com]

On November 27, 2022, around 1:30 a.m., St. Francis Sheriff’s Office deputies received a welfare check request on the 500 block of Gore Street in Crow Creek. Upon responding to the welfare check request, they discovered three dead bodies that suffered from gunshot wounds. Two adults were found on a bed. These victims were identified as Ja’Terrence Wright, 32, and Shalanda Barton, 34. A teenager, Kelsie Thompson, 13, was found dead on a bedroom floor. Thompson was reportedly Barton’s daughter.

According to Dillon, investigators stated that a forensic report from the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory revealed that a teenager named Jonathan Rolfe, 17, was related to the Arkansas shooting. The St. Francis Police believe Rolfe stole his mom’s car and ditched it on an industrial road near his girlfriend’s home. The police also stated that Rolfe had the key fob to his mom’s car.

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Rolfe Faced Charges

An article on the Inside Edition states that on February 9, the St. Francis County Sheriff’s Department has announced that Rolfe was arrested on February 7 at a relative’s home in St. Francis. Rolfe also reportedly faced charges of three counts of capital murder after shooting his mother and sister and his mother’s boyfriend to death last year.

Rolfe was officially arraigned and appeared before a circuit judge on February 7 as well. To date, the St. Francis Police stated that Rolfe is being held with no bond at the Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center.

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