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William Robert Ice

Gender : Male

Age : 38

Race : White

Date : 02/20/2021

Location : Raprich Road (off Arkansas Highway 31)

City : Lonoke

County : Lonoke

State : Arkansas

Agency : Lonoke Police Department; Arkansas State Police

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On February 20, 2021, officers from the Lonoke Police Department recognized a vehicle linked to a North Carolina child-abduction investigation parked at a McDonald’s in Lonoke, Arkansas. The driver, 38-year-old William Robert Ice of Pennsylvania, refused to stop, and police escalated a chase south on Arkansas Highway 31. The vehicle became disabled in a snowbank on Raprich Road. Ice exited with a firearm and opened fire on officers. Police returned fire. Ice was found inside the vehicle critically wounded from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot and later died at a Little Rock hospital. The Arkansas State Police is conducting the investigation. A 14-year-old girl in the vehicle was rescued unharmed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.katv.com/news/local/authorities-investigating-lonoke-officer-involved-shooting-find-abducted-teen
https://www.ky3.com/2021/02/21/officer-shot-at-arkansas-mcdonalds-kidnapping-suspect-dies/
https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/lonoke-officer-shot-full-recovery/91-085851db-ed15-45cc-bc0f-85aed798ac66
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/william-robert-ice-alleged-predator-dead-after-shootout
https://portal.arkansas.gov/news/asp-investigating-lonoke-police-officer-involved-shooting-multiple-law-enforcement-agencies-probing-out-of-state-child-abduction-case/