Ammon News - Police has arrested a suspect, who fired live bullets and killed a person in his twenties in the southern Ma'an governorate.

In a press statement put out in Sunday, the media spokesman of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) said a person, who sustained gunshot injuries, has died in Ma'an city, some 218 kilometres (135 mi) southwest of the capital Amman.

The spokesperson attributed the shooting incident to a dispute that erupted between the two men, adding that the deceased's body was evacuated.

The shooter was arrested and the crime firearm was in his possession, the official pointed out.