{"id":2010734,"date":"2023-08-24T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambulance-dispatcher-dies-after-being-shot-in-parking-lot-over-weekend-estranged-husband-charged\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:25:42","slug":"ambulance-dispatcher-dies-after-being-shot-in-parking-lot-over-weekend-estranged-husband-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambulance-dispatcher-dies-after-being-shot-in-parking-lot-over-weekend-estranged-husband-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambulance dispatcher shot in parking lot, estranged husband charged."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fambulance-dispatcher-dies-after-being-shot-in-parking-lot-over-weekend-estranged-husband-charged%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Dispatcher Fatally Shot in Little \u2064Rock Parking Lot<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fountain-valley-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-oc-murder\/\" title=\"Fountain Valley man gets life sentence for OC murder.\">tragic incident unfolded<\/a> in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a \u2062dispatcher was shot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">parking lot<\/a>\u200d of a local ambulance service. The victim, Cassandra Pena-Romero, 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-officer-dies-after-being-shot-in-head-during-attempted-robbery\/\" title=\"NYPD Officer Dies After Being Shot In Head During Attempted Robbery\">tragically succumbed<\/a> to her injuries on Wednesday, according \u2064to Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as Omar Pena-Romero, the estranged husband of the \u200bvictim, was apprehended by the police near Texarkana on Saturday night. He has been charged with capital murder \u2063and is currently held without\u2062 bond\u200d in the Pulaski County \u2063jail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/colorado-man-accused-of-killing-10-at-supermarket-in-2021-is-competent-for-trial-prosecutors-say-5479398\">Colorado Man Accused of Killing 10 at\u2064 Supermarket in 2021 Is Competent for Trial,\u2062 Prosecutors Say<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/24\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/colorado-man-accused-of-killing-10-at-supermarket-in-2021-is-competent-for-trial-prosecutors-say-5479398\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/multiple-victims-shot-3-dead-at-popular-biker-bar-in-orange-county-5479736\">Multiple Victims Shot, 3\u200c Dead at Popular Biker Bar in Southern \u200cCalifornia<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/23\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/multiple-victims-shot-3-dead-at-popular-biker-bar-in-orange-county-5479736\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Greg Thompson, the executive director of Metropolitan Emergency Medical \u2062Services, expressed his \u200bcondolences and praised Cassandra Pena-Romero as a true\u2063 community hero. He acknowledged the swift actions of \u200dlaw enforcement in apprehending the suspect and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambulance-dispatcher-dies-after-being-shot-in-parking-lot-over-weekend-estranged-husband-charged\/\" title=\"Ambulance dispatcher shot in parking lot, estranged husband charged.\">medical care provided<\/a> at\u200c UAMS\u2062 (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences).<\/p>\n<p>The Little Rock police spokesperson revealed that upgraded charges are expected to \u2062be filed against\u2064 Omar Pena-Romero in connection with the fatal \u200bshooting. It remains unclear\u2063 whether\u2062 he has \u200dlegal representation.\u2062 An arraignment for Mr. Pena-Romero \u200bis scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to court records, Cassandra Pena-Romero had \u200cfiled for divorce from her husband \u2062on \u200bAugust 11, following \u200chis arrest and\u2062 charges of rape and assault \u2064against her. A judge \u2062had issued a \u200cno-contact order, prohibiting Mr.\u200d Pena-Romero\u200b from approaching his \u2062wife&#8217;s home or the Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services \u200con August 7.<\/p>\n<p>The couple had been married since October 2019. Cassandra Pena-Romero had been employed by Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services since \u20632021, while Omar \u2062Pena-Romero had\u2062 recently been\u2064 terminated \u2062from the agency. The divorce filing \u2062revealed that Mr. Pena-Romero had \u200dvoluntarily admitted \u2063himself to a hospital psychiatric unit \u2064from August 1 to August 6 and had shown his wife a suicide note on August 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dispatcher was fatally shot at a Little Rock ambulance service&#8217;s parking lot. Cassandra Pena-Romero, 27, died from her injuries on Wednesday. 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