8:30 P.M. UPDATE:
The man suspected of fatally shooting one woman and injuring a second Tuesday morning at a residence south of Little Rock has been found dead in Woodruff County.
Brandi Johnson-Bennett, 44, was found dead inside a home at 10318 Ironton Road in Pulaski County around 7 a.m., said sheriff’s office spokesman Lt. Cody Burk. Authorities arrived after a neighbor called police and said she had heard gunshots and a woman screaming.
The other woman shot inside the home was identified as 40-year-old Ashley Lawson of Little Rock.
George Ricky Jenkins, who lived with Johnson-Bennett at the Ironton Road home, was found dead following a standoff with Arkansas State Police on Tuesday night at a hunting club near the Gregory community in Woodruff County. His cause of death was not immediately known.
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
12:40 P.M. UPDATE:
Authorities have identified the woman who was killed and another woman who was injured in a shooting Tuesday morning at a home south of Little Rock.
Brandi Johnson-Bennett, 44, was found dead inside a home at 10318 Ironton Road in Pulaski County around 7 a.m., said sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Cody Burk. Authorities arrived after a neighbor had called police saying she heard gunshots and a woman screaming.
Johnson-Bennett was a roommate of the man who lives at the residence, George Ricky Jenkins, Burk said. Jenkins is considered a suspect in the shooting, and authorities are still searching for him as of 12:30 p.m.
The other woman shot inside the home was identified as 40-year-old Ashley Lawson of Little Rock. She was taken to a hospital in serious condition after authorities arrived, but she is listed in stable condition as of Tuesday afternoon, Burk said.
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
EARLIER:
One woman was killed and a second was listed in serious condition after a shooting Tuesday morning south of Little Rock, authorities said.
The victims were found inside a home at 10318 Ironton Road in Pulaski County around 7 a.m. after a neighboring resident reported gunfire and the sound of a woman screaming to police, said sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Cody Burk.
A neighbor who was at the scene said she called 911 that morning after hearing a gunshot from inside her home about a quarter-mile down the road. She went outside, heard a woman yell followed by another “boom,” after which there was silence, she said.
The man who lives at that home, George Ricky Jenkins, 41, is considered a suspect, Burk said. He is described as a white man who stands 5 foot 9 inches tall, weighs 185 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. He should be considered armed and dangerous, police added.
Burk said a brown van and a white Chevrolet Tahoe were both missing from the residence, which had a collection of SUVs, cars, a camper and a boat scattered around the yard. Police are looking for Jenkins to be driving one of those missing vehicles, and people should be on the lookout for them as well, Burk said.
The house sits on an open plot of land just off Ironton Road hedged by a wooded area. A basketball hoop is nailed into a tree trunk, and a children’s swing set sits at the corner of the lot. Burk said he did not know if Jenkins has any children, or if any of his family are living at the residence.
No information on the motive was known, and the names of the victims have not been released.
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10300 block of Ironton Road
