Little Rock police identify victim in Saturday homicide, looking for second suspect

Donald Lee Brown, 40, of Little Rock.
Donald Lee Brown, 40, of Little Rock.

3:50 p.m. UPDATE:

Police have identified the victim in Saturday night's shooting as 38-year-old Damon Wilkins.

Lt. Steve McClanahan, a Little Rock police spokesman, said a dispute between Wilkins and Donald Brown, the man arrested and charged with first-degree murder early Sunday, led to the shooting. Brown was upset with Wilkins, saying Wilkins had pulled a gun on his nephew, McClanahan said.

Wilkins was found with multiple gunshot wounds outside his home at 7525 Fairfield Drive after 8:30 p.m.

McClanahan said police are still looking for a second suspect, someone who knows Brown.

Police responded to a disturbance at the same address 45 minutes before the shooting, but no arrests were made.

Investigators recovered a gun from the scene, but McClanahan said it's unclear who it belonged to. Detectives also interviewed multiple witnesses.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Knowles Adkisson contributed information to this report.

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Little Rock police arrested a man early Sunday morning in connection with a shooting that left another man dead in the city’s southwest Saturday night.

On Twitter, the department said it arrested 40-year-old Donald Lee Brown of Little Rock shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, charging him with first-degree murder. The Pulaski County online jail roster shows he was booked into the jail at 3:47 a.m.

Lt. Steve McClanahan, a spokesman for Little Rock police, said Brown was arrested on 21st Street in Little Rock without incident.

Investigators believe there’s another suspect who remains at large, McClanahan said.

[INTERACTIVE MAP: 2016 Little Rock homicides]

Police responded to a reported shooting at 7525 Fairfield Drive at 8:36 p.m. Saturday, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The victim, a man between the ages of 25 and 30, was shot outside a house and taken to a hospital where he later died.

McClanahan told the newspaper that officers were called to the same address 45 minutes before the shooting because of a disturbance between the victim and another person. It’s not clear if that person was Brown, McClanahan said, but the two incidents were related.

Police have yet to notify the victim’s family, so his name hasn’t been released. The death was the 22nd homicide of 2016 in Little Rock.

Check back with Arkansas Online for additional developments, and read Monday’s Democrat Gazette for the full story.

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