More information has been released on a June shooting in Desha.
According to court documents filed Thursday in circuit court, Independence County deputies were dispatched to a home on West McClendon Street in Desha on June 9 regarding an altercation that led to the shooting of a man identified as Donnell Robinson.
Moments later, a man identified as Itrevone J. Sain (pictured below), 25, called dispatch and informed authorities he was the other person involved in the altercation. The court documents said Sain requested officers to come to the West McClendon Street residence so he could turn himself in. Deputies arrived and arrested Sain without incident.
After a search warrant was executed at the McClendon Street residence and witnesses were interviewed, county law enforcement officers questioned Sain. He told officers that Robinson had allegedly attacked him in his home after a verbal disagreement. Sain claimed he felt threatened by Robinson’s size and was “offended” that Robinson “would attack him in his own home and in front of his children.” According to the interview, Sain said he retrieved a firearm when Robinson went outside.
Once outside, Sain alleged to officers that Robinson refused to leave and was “disrespecting” him. Sain claimed he feared Robinson would attack him again, so he told investigators he fired warning shots while Robinson was still outside his vehicle.
The court documents noted that when Sain was asked in which direction he fired the warning shots, he did not answer.
On June 18, Robinson was interviewed by county investigators at the White River Health intensive care unit.
Robinson told authorities that he and his wife went to the McClendon residence to visit on June 9, and while there, Sain was verbally abusive to another person at the home. Robinson said when he asked Sain to stop, Sain grabbed him by the hair. Robinson was able to leave with his wife and go outside the residence.
While walking to his vehicle, Robinson told authorities Sain followed the couple outside, still threatening them. When they entered their vehicle, Robinson said Sain fired at him multiple times through the driver’s side window until his firearm jammed.
The couple was then able to leave the residence. Robinson and his wife were later able to meet an ambulance at a nearby convenience store.
The court documents said Robinson sustained four gunshot wounds, all to the left side of the upper body and waist.
Sain is charged with one felony count of committing a terroristic act. His bond has been set at $200,000.
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