Autopsy says man shot in Jonesboro police car had drugs in system; family holds prayer vigil
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A man police say shot himself in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in the back of an Arkansas patrol car tested positive for methamphetamine, anti-anxiety medication and other drugs, according to an autopsy report released Monday that listed his death as a suicide.
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