A local man on parole was arrested on felony charges Thursday after he allegedly opened fire on a woman in the kitchen of her home with a handgun during an argument over a Google password.
Travis Jay Keenom, 31, who has a registered address on Glen Meadow Street, was taken into custody just after 5 p.m. and charged with first-degree criminal damage to property over $1,000 and possession of a firearm by a person, both of which are punishable by up to six years in prison. He is being held on $5,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Garland County District Court on Friday.
According to court records, he was convicted of burglary in Pulaski County in 2018 and received five years' probation. In 2019, he was convicted of possession of a firearm by a person in Clark County and sentenced to six years in prison, all of which was suspended. And in 2020, he was convicted again in Clark County of possession of a firearm by a person in Clark County and sentenced to 10 years in prison, five of which were suspended and he was later released on parole.
According to the charging affidavit, just after 4 p.m. Thursday, Officer 1st Class Jamie Ugartechia with the Hot Springs Police Department was dispatched to a residence on Alta Vista Street in response to a report of a trespasser.
Dispatchers reported a woman called in to say a man calling himself “Travis” had shot up her home with a BB gun. Ugartechia interviewed the woman, who said she had been hosting a man, later identified as Keenom, at her home for a few days when he became enraged over her Google password and shot up her refrigerator, which was valued at $1,200.
Officers investigated the scene and found three bullet holes in the front of the refrigerator and three 9mm shell casings on the floor. They also found bullet fragments on the floor and one bullet had gone through the wall and landed in an adjacent room. The woman said Keenom had left on foot about 10 minutes before officers arrived.
Keenom's description was given to officers and it became clear that a firearm had been used, not a BB gun. Corporal Tyler Ward, who responded to the residence, stated that he knew Keenom from his time as a narcotics detective and knew that he was a convicted felony.
The woman said Keanom was possibly headed to Timbercrest Mobile Home Park at 3921 Central Ave., so Ward drove there, where he found Keanom leaning against his truck. Ward drew his weapon and ordered Keanom to the ground, who complied and was taken into custody.
Inside the truck where Keenom was standing, officers found clothing he was allegedly wearing and a black backpack he was allegedly carrying, and noted he was “drenched in sweat” when Ward found him.
During subsequent questioning, Keenom reportedly denied any involvement in firing the gun or possessing a firearm.
