CONWAY — State and local police made an arrest in the late Thursday shooting death of a woman at an apartment at 36 Council Road (River Turn Woods Apartments) in Conway.
At around 7:15 p.m. Investigators announced the name of the suspect and victim. According to a press release from the Attorney General's Office, Connor J. Macleod, 24, has been arrested in connection with the death of Alexis M. Leach, 23, in Conway Friday morning.
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