56-year-old man found shot dead at Arkansas apartment complex

West Memphis police say they are looking for an unidentified suspect seen in surveillance footage with a 56-year-old man before his death early Monday, Aug. 22, 2016.
West Memphis police say they are looking for an unidentified suspect seen in surveillance footage with a 56-year-old man before his death early Monday, Aug. 22, 2016.

The shooter is sought in the death of a Memphis man found at a West Memphis apartment complex early Monday, according to police.

In a news release, the West Memphis Police Department said it received a call around 6:46 a.m. regarding a shooting victim at Courtyard Apartments in the 2900 block of Autumn Avenue.

Police said they found the man, later identified as 56-year-old Michael Gregory, with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators found items that traced Gregory to a convenience store in West Memphis and a Wal-Mart in Memphis earlier in the morning, according to police.

A suspect in Gregory's death was later developed using surveillance footage obtained from the stores. That unidentified "male subject" is described as wearing all-black clothing: a shirt, shorts, tennis shoes and a do-rag.

Authorities say Gregory's dark blue Chevrolet Blazer with no license plate and a spare tire on the back hatch has not been located.

Anyone with information related to the homicide is asked to call the West Memphis police at (870) 735-1210 or Crittenden County Crimestoppers at (870) 732-4444.

Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT

Michael Gregory, 56, of Memphis

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