One person was arrested on a charge of unlawful discharge of a firearm after Little Rock's first homicide of the year Sunday night, authorities said Monday.
The victim, who died after being found on 34th Street near MLK Drive with a gunshot wound to his upper body, was identified Monday afternoon as 20-year-old Mashon Jackson.
Police say officers were a few blocks away when they heard gunshots around 7:30 p.m. and then found a wrecked vehicle near 33rd Street and MLK. Several people who were either in the vehicle or in the area "were taken into custody and detained," the statement said.
Officers then found Jackson nearby. He was taken to UAMS Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities said one person was arrested on unrelated warrants and another, 18-year-old Jerico Mosley, was arrested on two counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm from a vehicle after he provided a statement.
Mosley was booked into the Pulaski County jail, where he remained Monday morning with bail not yet set.
Two homes in the area were also reported to have been hit by gunfire in the shooting, which police said remains under investigation.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
IN TODAY'S DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Little Rock logs year's first homicide; officers find man fatally wounded, nearby houses shot up