Police have not disclosed the identity of the person in custody or the role this individual played in the mass shooting.
Finch said the chaos began around 6:50 p.m. when “multiple gunmen just started shooting,” MonticelloLive.com reported.
Car show organizer Wallace McGehee said the event had been a fun, nonviolent affair for many years before Saturday’s deadly shooting.
“We don’t really know what happened but we just want to send our prayers to all of our friends in this community. We’re here with yall,” he told KATV.
“This has never happened to us at our event ever. For something like this to happen it’s a tragedy… We did this here for 16 years without a problem.
“We want our community to come back and be strong. We’re going to get through this,” he said.
BREAKING: Wallace McGehee, the car show organizer, has addressed tonight’s shooting that left at least 10 people injured in Dumas, Arkansas.
“We apologize for all of this to happen. This has never happened with us in our event ever.” #ARNews pic.twitter.com/CGeba2s3qh
— Shelby Rose (@KATVShelby) March 20, 2022
Dumas is a small town of about 3,900 people located roughly 90 miles southeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, reported the New York Post.
The Arkansas State Police has taken over the lead in the investigation.