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A man who police believe killed a 3-year-old boy in an apparent fit of road rage was arrested in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday night. The U.S. Marshals Service says Gary Eugene Holmes, 33, was taken into custody without incident.


The arrest comes nearly one week after the boy, Acen King, 

 while on a shopping trip with his grandmother, who was driving the car when another motorist got out of his car at an intersection and fired at her vehicle.


King's funeral will take place in Little Rock today.


From an AP story posted by member station 


Holmes wasn't alone in the car on the night of the shooting, reports 

Drew Petrimoulx of TV news station Fox 16

. Citing the arrest affidavit, Petrimoulx says Holmes' girlfriend and another man were also in the car — and that his girlfriend told police that Holmes was angry because he felt the car driven by Kim King-Macon was following closely.


Holmes then pulled over to let the car pass — but after the leading car "stopped at stop sign for a 'few minutes,' Holmes honked, got out and fired one shot" at the car, Petrimoulx says.

Holmes' girlfriend reportedly told police she couldn't see into the vehicle, and didn't know the bullet had struck anyone.

Once back in his car, Holmes said "that's what you get for following me around," Petrimoulx reports.

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The arrest comes nearly one week after the boy, Acen King, was shot while on a shopping trip with his grandmother.

Suspect who shot 3-year-old in road-rage killing said car was too close

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