DeSoto police bodycam shows deadly officer-involved shooting of Razorback player’s brother

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On Monday, the DeSoto Police Department held a press conference following an officer-involved shooting last week, which resulted in the death of 26-year-old Arthur Lee Armstrong Junior, the brother of Razorbacks player Andrew Armstrong.

DeSoto police said the incident happened at 10:39 a.m. on Dec. 13 after they received a 911 hang-up call from a home in the 1000 block of Hunter’s Creek. DeSoto police chief Dr. Joseph Costa said the caller identified himself as Arthur Lee Armstrong.

“He stated he had several weapons and wanted to harm police,” Costa said.

Costa said a second caller stated he had mental health issues, and this wasn’t the police department’s first interaction with him.

“Officers also had prior knowledge of Armstrong, as the department had dealt with him in the past under similar circumstances,” Costa said.

Police body cam footage shows when officers arrived they told Armstrong who had a knife in each hand to drop them, however, he refused.

“As Armstrong continued to close the distance between himself and officers, one DeSoto officer fired a single round from a patrol rifle,” Costa said.

Armstrong was shot in the chest and later died at the hospital.

Charles Boyce, the family’s attorney and Armstrong’s godfather, said this was a mental health issue and wants reasonable explanations.