6:10 P.M. UPDATE:
Police have identified the man found fatally shot in Little Rock's 42nd homicide of 2017 and the third in Arkansas' capital city in as many days.
Antwon Bryant, 27, was reportedly found dead Monday morning in the 2800 block of Frontage Road in a grassy area near Interstate 30 south of Roosevelt Road.
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In a news release Monday evening, police said investigation showed Bryant had been shot multiple times. The department received a call about shots fired in the 500 block of East Roosevelt Road about 3:30 a.m., but the body was not discovered until about 9:30 a.m.
The release stated that police do no not have information about a suspect or motive in the killing at this time.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
— Jillian Kremer
EARLIER:
Little Rock police say they are investigating a homicide, the city's 42nd so far this year and third in as many days.
In a tweet Monday, the department said officers are at the scene of the crime at 29th Street and Frontage Road. That area is near Interstate 30 south of Roosevelt Road.
Authorities at the scene described the victim as a black male. Officers were called to the area shortly before 9:30 a.m. The body was reportedly found 10 feet off the road in a grassy area of the frontage road north of Little Rock Tours and Travel, police spokesman Lt. Steve McClanahan said at the scene.
Drivers on I-30 would not have been likely to see the victim from the elevated interstate, McClanahan said.
He said that the department received a call about shots fired in the 500 block of East Roosevelt Road about 3:30 a.m., which could be related.
[PHOTOS: Where body was found in Little Rock]
No other details have been provided.
No suspect information was available as of Monday morning as officers canvassed the neighborhood for possible witnesses and additional information.
[VIDEO: Spokesman details Little Rock's 42nd homicide of 2017]
In 2016, the city had 42 killings for the year.
Investigators in Little Rock responded over the weekend to a pair of homicides: the killings of 54-year-old Allen Sims on Saturday and 48-year-old Vincent James on Sunday.
