
(AP) – Little Rock police say they need the community’s help
combating crime after five people were fatally shot last week and the city
recorded its 37th homicide of the year.Lt. Steven McClanahan says the department is working to solve the homicides,
but still needs residents to provide officers with any information they may
have. McClanahan says the city tallied only 18 homicides this time last year.
combating crime after five people were fatally shot last week and the city
recorded its 37th homicide of the year.Lt. Steven McClanahan says the department is working to solve the homicides,
but still needs residents to provide officers with any information they may
have. McClanahan says the city tallied only 18 homicides this time last year.
No arrests have been announced in any of the recent shootings, including that
of an Italian native who was killed while driving in an apartment complex
parking lot.
Twenty-eight people were injured in a Little Rock nightclub shooting earlier
this month.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced days later that a multiagency task force would
be created to help combat violence in the city.
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