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HSPD still looking for two men in home invasion-turned-murder

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) - A mother and son were shot during a Hot Springs home invasion, and police said the suspects were caught on surveillance video breaking in.

Officers still don't know why this happened, but they do know that the son, Michael Spinks, died the day after the home invasion early Wednesday morning, and the mother is expected to recover.

Meanwhile, family members and police want anyone out there with information on the two suspects to come forward.

Hot Springs police are looking for two men captured in home surveillance video. For almost a minute early Wednesday morning, they stand outside a home along the 600 block of Illinois Street. Then, one of them kicks down the door and the men run inside. Police said shots rang out and 34-year-old Spinks later died. His family told THV 11 that Spinks was a father of a 4-year-old boy.

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Teen accused in Hot Springs stabbing death

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Police in Hot Springs have arrested an 18-year-old male in the stabbing death of his mother's fiancé.

Authorities say Dillon Wayne Smith was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a second-degree murder charge.

The Sentinel-Record reports that 31-year-old Truman A. Bowers was pronounced dead at the scene. First responders found him on the front steps of Smith's mother's residence. An affidavit says Bowers was stabbed in the upper left chest.

Smith had been held on $10,000 bond in the Garland County Jail but he was not listed on the online jail roster Wednesday morning.

Smith has a May 14 court appearance set in Garland County District Court. It was unclear whether he has legal representation.

Police arrested Smith at the scene without incident. His mother called police after the stabbing.

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2 shot in Hot Springs home invasion

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) - Hot Spring police are investigating an apparent home invasion in their city.

Just after midnight May 1, the department got a shooting call at a home on Illinois Street. Officers found two people inside the home shot.

Police say unknown suspects forced their way into the house before the shooting.

Both victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Detectives are investigating this incident.

(Source: Hot Springs Police Dept.)

Al Capone sign returned to museum

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) -- Good news out of Hot Springs. The owner of the Gangster Museum says a stolen sign has been returned.

Owner Robert Raines tells THV 11 News that someone was in the museum parking lot waiting for him to arrive so he could return the sign in person.

The Al Capone sign was stolen April 29 from the front of the Gangster Museum.

Surveillance video shows a group of four young men walking down Central Avenue. Two of them turn around as one walked to the corner of the building, while the other picked up the Al Capone sign sitting in front of The Gangster Museum and took off running.

Raines told us Monday that he didn't want to start a police record for the kids, he just wanted the sign back.

Thieves caught on tape stealing Capone sign from Gangster Museum

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) -- Police are looking for the people who stole an Al Capone sign from the Hot Springs Gangster Museum.

Surveillance video shows a group of four young men walking down Central Avenue. Two of them turn around as one walked to the corner of the building, while the other picked up the Al Capone sign sitting in front of The Gangster Museum and took off running.

"It usually comes in every night. It was accidentally left out," said Executive Director Robert Raines. 

There is more than $500 invested in the sign, and the director of The Gangster Museum wants it back because of its historical value.

"We don't necessarily want to start a police record for these kids," he continued. "We just want them to bring the sign back, that's all."

If the sign is not returned, it could go on their record as a felony.