The identity of those involved with a Tuesday night shooting north of Ozark have been released. Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen tells KDYN News that Dena Hancock age 44 was the victim who was believed to have been shot to death at her home north of Ozark in the 12,000 block Tuesday night. The suspect is identified as Jason Houston age 37 of Altus. Houston is in custody in Crawford County on unrelated charges after ramming into a State Troopers vehicle with his vehicle last night in Van Buren.

The Sheriff's Department received a 911 call at 8:20pm of a female found dead at a home in the 12,000 block of State Highway 219 north of Ozark. Dena Hancock was found by a friend who went to check on her after she was not able to get in contact with her. The body will be sent to the Medical Examiner for an autopsy but it appeared she had been shot to death. Authorities do report that several weapons were found at the home. Houston and Hancock were or had been in a relationship in which Houston had been living with Hancock. According to Sheriff Boen, authorities believe the two got into an argument that lead to the shooting. It is believed that Houston then fled the scene and was arrested in Van Buren later.

In a related story, 2 white males were arrested in Van Buren last night after the vehicle they were in rammed into a State Troopers cruiser. The incident happened at the intersection of Williams St. and North 20th in Van Buren. Crawford County authorities were responding to that area after receiving a call from Franklin County that a murder suspect was possibly headed to a home on Williams St. in Van Buren. The two suspects from that incident are in custody in Crawford County this morning. One of the two is 37 year old Jason Houston.
Also last night we received several calls about the large police presents at the Garden Walk apartments in Ozark. Law enforcment reported that they had responded to the apartments with information that a suspect in the homicide north of Ozark was at one of the apartments in the Garden Walk complex. The unit in question was searched and no suspect was located there.