Police name men involved in fatal shooting

Correction: Laron Ware, 21, died after being shot in the parking lot of Willow Creek Apartments on Geyer Springs Road about 7:46 p.m. Saturday, according to Little Rock police. Because of incorrect information in a police report, this article misstated Ware’s age.

Little Rock police have released the names of the men involved in a deadly Saturday night shooting on Geyer Springs Road.

Laron Ware, 44, died after being shot in the parking lot of Willow Creek Apartments about 7:46 p.m. Saturday, according to a report from Little Rock police. Another man, Tory Wade, 29, of Mabelvale, was injured in the shooting.

An officer responded to 7515 Geyer Springs Road after hearing several gunshots, the report states. The officer reported that Wade was lying on the ground in the parking lot when he arrived and had apparent gunshot wounds.

Wade was taken to UAMS Medical Center. Information on his condition was not available late Sunday.

Witnesses told police that Wade was shot by five men in a silver vehicle, the report states.

According to the report, police stopped a vehicle matching that description at West 59th Street and Geyer Springs Road.

Ware was found in the vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds, the report states. He was taken to UAMS Medical Center, where he died.

Police reported that four other men were also in the vehicle -- Brelyn London, 19, of Little Rock; Kyle Woolfolk, 18, of Little Rock; Leondrye Brit, 19, of North Little Rock; and Melvin Lonnie, 19, of Little Rock.

They were all interviewed by detectives and released without being charged, said police spokesman Lt. Sidney Allen.

Allen said no additional information about the shooting was available late Sunday.

Metro on 06/16/2014

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