The suspected shooter and a police officer have died after an incident late Saturday near Fayetteville Square, according to Police Chief Mike Reynolds.
The shooting happened about 9:45 p.m. on Rock Street near a police department.
The coroner was called to the scene late Saturday.
Rock Street is near the Fayetteville Square.
There was a heavy police presence at the square.
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The suspect was shot and killed by responding officers, the Fayetteville Police Department said in a release.
Officers inside the station heard gunshots at about 9:41 p.m. and found an officer shot in a parking lot, next to a cruiser. Officers then “chased and engaged the suspect a short distance away," the release said.
"It appears the suspect came into the back parking lot and just executed my officer." -- Police Chief Mike Reynolds
Reynolds specified at a media briefing the suspect was chased into an alley between the police department and city prosecutor's office.
Reynolds said he didn't know of a motive.
“It appears the suspect came into the back parking lot and just executed my officer,” Reynolds said.
Emergency medical personnel responded to the scene, but the officer and suspected shooter died of their injuries.
The names of the officer killed and suspect were not immediately released, and neither were the names of the officers who engaged the suspected shooter. The release said several law enforcement agencies would be involved in the investigation.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were to work the crime scene, Reynolds said.
The gunfire sparked a scare at the nearby city square, where a crowd was taking in the Lights of the Ozarks installation, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Police said there was no threat to the public.
The fatal Arkansas shooting followed the shooting death of a Houston police officer Saturday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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