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Arkansas teen held on murder charge after fatal shooting outside party after high school prom [Video]

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas teen is in custody on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of a high school senior outside a party early Sunday following a high school prom.

Donterious Stephens, 19, of Helena, turned himself into authorities Sunday afternoon in the shooting death of Lorenzo Harrison III, 18, an Arkansas State Police spokeswoman said

Harrison, a senior at Helena-West Helena’s Central High School, was shot and killed at an off-campus party following the school’s prom. Helena-West Helena is located about 52 miles (85 kilometers) southwest of Memphis, Tennessee, along the Mississippi River.

According to an inmate roster, Stephens was being held at the Phillips County jail on Sunday. It was not clear Sunday afternoon if he had an attorney representing him or when he would first appear in court. Stephens was a previous graduate of the school, State Police said.

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