MCSO investigating fatal shooting

Josh Dooley | The Baxter Bulletin

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release from Sheriff Clinton Evans.

Marion County received a 911 call at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday from Toni Nordyke, who said her 27-year-old son James Lee Deen had accidentally shot himself in the chest.

Nordyke had her son in a vehicle and was driving at the time of the 911 call. Authorities advised her to pull over at the Animal Clinic of the Ozarks on U.S. Highway 62 just outside the Flippin city limits.

Law enforcement officials and emergency responders converged on the site. Deen was quickly loaded into an Air Evac helicopter for a flight to a Missouri hospital. Officials there later reported Deen died as a result of his injuries, according to the press release.

Evans said the MCSO, along with the Arkansas State Police, continue to investigate the incident.