LITTLE FLOCK -- Two people were shot early Friday morning and a Lowell man is accused of shooting them, then barricading himself in the apartment, resulting in a four-hour standoff with police.
Keylan Lee Osburn, 27, is in the Benton County Jail in lieu of a $250,000 bond. He is charged with felony aggravated assault, two counts of first-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, three counts of felony first-degree false imprisonment and felony residential burglary. Prosecutors haven't filed formal charges against Osburn.
Police were called at 1 a.m. about a disturbance at Fairways at Lost Springs, off Dixieland Road, Little Flock Police Chief Jesse Martinez said. They were told shots were fired during the disturbance. When they arrived officers found two people who had been shot and moved them to safety, Martinez said.
Jessica Osburn, Keylan Osburn's wife, suffered two gunshot wounds to the head. Carlos Martinez was struck by one gunshot in the shoulder, according to the affidavit. They were taken to Mercy Medical Center in Rogers. Jessica Osburn later was airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo.
Nathan Smith, Benton County's prosecutor, said Monday Jessica Osburn was still in the hospital, but he didn't know her condition.
Keylan Osburn told police he went to the apartment to convince his wife to come home, according to a probable cause affidavit. He caught her and Martinez together several days earlier, the affidavit states, and believed the two were having an affair.
Osburn said he normally keeps a gun in his vehicle's glove box and he grabbed the gun to scare Martinez, according to the affidavit.
Osburn said he knocked on the apartment door and spoke several times through the door to get them to let him in the apartment, according to court documents.
Osburn said he fired one shot into the door and a second into the deadbolt lock, according to the affidavit. He then heard Martinez say, "You shot your wife in the face," the affidavit says.
Osburn then forced his way into the apartment and saw his wife, covered in blood, run toward the bathroom, according to the affidavit. Osburn said he and Martinez began to fight over the gun and it fired in the struggle. Osburn gained control of the pistol, pointed it at Martinez and told him to get out of the apartment, according to the affidavit.
Jessica Osburn told police while she was at the Rogers hospital her husband called before the shooting and said he was on his way to the apartment. He knocked on the door and she asked him if he had a gun. He said he didn't have a gun, the affidavit states.
When police arrived at the apartment about 1 a.m., they found a bleeding Jessica Osburn and Martinez outside when they arrived, according to court documents.
Keylan Osburn barricaded himself in the apartment, and police requested assistance from the Benton County Sheriff's Office's SWAT team. Osburn told a Rogers Police Department dispatcher he had on the telephone he had a woman and two small children in the apartment with him, according to court documents.
Clarissa Hawkins, who had her 3-year-old and 6-month-old children, hid in the apartment during the shooting, according to court documents.
He released them unharmed about an hour later. The standoff ended around 5 a.m. after the SWAT team fired tear gas into the apartment and Osburn came out, according to court documents.
"We were looking for a way to resolve it before people started getting up and going to work and children leaving for school," Martinez said. "It's hard to stay in there with that stuff."
Police evacuated three apartment buildings and a nearby house, Martinez said.
Nearby resident Cody Crow said he arrived home after the shooting, just as police blocked the road.
Crow couldn't get into his building and said he heard when the tear gas was deployed. The situation was resolved around 5:30 a.m. and he was able to return to his apartment by 6 a.m., Crow said.
Smith recommended Osburn's bond be set at $25o,000 on Monday. The severity of the crime, the prolonged standoff and firing a gun at two people were the reasons for the bond recommendation amount, Smith said.
Jay Saxton, Benton County's chief public defender, told Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green that Osburn has lived in Benton County for 10 years and his father, mother and brother live in Lowell. Saxton requested a $50,000 bond. Green said she read the probable cause affidavit and set bond at $250,000.
General News on 04/19/2017