LITTLE ROCK — Little Rock Police have made an arrest in the shooting death Sunday of a Memphis man outside a Little Rock bar.
Louis Ricardo Butler, 28, of 12620 Valleywood Drive, was arrested and charged with capital murder around 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Butler is accused of shooting William Whisenhunt, 30, outside Joubert's Bar, 7303 W. 12th St., just after midnight after an argument with two men in the tavern's parking lot.
Butler got into his vehicle after the argument and fired numerous times at Whisenhunt, who was struck once in the chest, according to police reports.
The men fled the scene in a dark sport utility vehicle, possibly a Ford Explorer or Expedition, according to a police report.
Witnesses said they heard three shots and saw Whisenhunt stagger from the bar's east parking lot to the front of the bar before collapsing.
Joubert's has not been the site of problems in the past, police spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings said.
Whisenhunt was pronounced dead at Baptist Health Medical Center.
The murder was the city's 39th of the year.
Arkansas, Pages 8 on 10/30/2007