A man suspected of shooting and wounding two Arkansas law enforcement officers has been taken in into custody, according to the local sheriff.

The suspect was arrested several hours after the shooting was reported in a rural, woodland area of Sebastian County.

KFSM Television said the gunman shot one Sebastian County deputy and the Hackett chief of police at about 7.15 am.

It is not clear what led to the shooting, which happened between the towns of Greenwood and Midland, about150 miles west of Little Rock

The officers were responding to an unspecified call for service, according to Lt Philip Pevehouse, of Sebastian County Sheriff's office. Deputies later surrounded a house where the suspect had barricaded himself inside.

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James Markward, who lives nearby, said he heard a commotion.