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Arkansas man charged with shooting and setting house on fire, killing 2 adults and 5-year-old

An eastern Arkansas man has been charged with killing two adults and a 5-year-old child by shooting them and then setting their house on fire.

According to Crittenden County Sheriff's deputies, Ezekiel Lindsey shot his ex-girlfriend and another man before lighting the house on fire, also killing a 5-year-old child on April 15 in Earle, Arkansas.

The man, 42-year-old Kendrick Jones, died immediately due to a gunshot wound. Chasity Brown, 25, survived the gunshot only to die of smoke inhalation when Lindsey set the house on fire afterward.

Brown's 5-year-old son also died of smoke inhalation.

Lindsey faces three charges of capital murder.

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