The State Police have provided more information about the Perry County jail officer killed while booking a criminal suspect last night.

Perry County Detention Officer Jeremiah Story, 21, of Oppelo (Conway County) died at a Conway hospital early today after he was shot by an inmate who was in the process of being booked into jail.  The incident occurred inside the county jail at Perryville about 10:20 PM, Wednesday (June 22nd).
Story was shot with a pistol as he stood in a bathroom where the inmate was changing out of civilian clothes into jail-issued attire.
Roderick Lewis, 37, of North Little Rock had been arrested by Perry County sheriff’s deputies earlier in the evening and was to be detained on drug and paraphernalia charges.  A witness to the shooting was able to disarm Lewis who was later transferred to the Faulkner County Detention Center at Conway while state police special agents continue their investigation.
The investigative case file being prepared by the criminal investigation division agents will be turned over to the Perry County prosecuting attorney who will consider the appropriate charges to be filed against Lewis.
The State Police are not prepared to where the firearm came from or to whom it belonged.

UPDATE: The State Police now say Lewis has been charged with capital murder. A news release also said Lewis used a gun he possessed when he arrived at the jail in the custody of local sheriff’s deputies.

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