A Winnsboro man accused of killing a bartender in Tensas Parish was arrested Saturday.

Joshua Lee Temple, 28, was arrested at 1:30 p.m. while hiding in a wooded area north of Winnsboro near Coax Church Road, said state police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis.

She said Temple was arrested after a resident reported a possible sighting of him at about 8 Saturday morning near Louisiana 425, just north of Winnsboro.

State Police and officers from the Franklin, Tensas and Richland parish sheriff’s offices and the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries searched for him.

Temple was not armed at the time of his arrest, but a weapon was discovered close by, Lewis said.

Temple was charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the shooting death of Colby Joe Fortenberry, 22, of Winnsboro, a week before, on March 3, Lewis said.

Fortenberry was discovered dead in the Highway 4 Bar in Newellton where he worked. Temple was being held Saturday without bond in Franklin Parish Detention Center.

Temple also was booked with forgery and violating probation or parole from unrelated charges, Lewis said.

Also in northeast Louisiana, two people have been arrested in the death of a Tallulah man on the same day Fortenberry was killed.

William D. Kirk Jr., 40, was killed in the back yard of a Sondheimer home, authorities said.

Arrested on charges of second-degree murder were his estranged wife, Tanya Kirk, 36, and Robert W. Russell, 26, both of Newellton.

They were being held in the Riverbend Detention Center, Louisiana police have said.