Man dies after being found with gunshot wound in Little Rock street

Authorities in Little Rock are investigating a fatal shooting.

Police were dispatched to the 2600 block of Elm Street around 11:23 p.m. Wednesday on a subject down call and found a man in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and doo-rag lying on the east side of the street suffering from a gunshot wound to the right side of his face, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.

The man was found with no pulse, and after CPR was performed he was transported to UAMS Medical Center. He was pronounced dead there, according to the report.

The victim had no identification on him, police said. The Arkansas Crime Laboratory was able to identify the 29-year-old man, but police are not yet releasing the victim's name because they have not notified his next of kin, department spokesman Lt. Steve McClanahan said in a news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday.

There is no evidence that the man was shot elsewhere and then dumped at the intersection, McClanahan said, so police are treating the location as the crime scene.

[MAP: See where all of Little Rock's homicides occurred this year]

Officers searched the area for shell casings and found none, according to the report. Police have found little forensic evidence at this time, McClanahan said.

“Witness information is very sketchy. We have hardly anything to go on,” he said.

At the news conference, McClanahan said it is important for anyone who might know something about the homicide to share that information with the police. People can call (501) 371-4660 and have the option of remaining anonymous, he said.

The killing is the 27th homicide in Little Rock so far this year. Of the previous homicides, police have solved 16 of them, McClanahan said.

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

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2600 block of Elm Street

2600 block of Elm Street
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