Police identify man found fatally shot in Little Rock apartment

Authorities have identified a man found fatally shot in a Little Rock apartment Tuesday night.

Billy Thornton, 64, was found dead in his residence at Spring Valley Apartments, 8701 Interstate 30, after crews responded there around 7:20 p.m., according to a Little Rock Police Department report.

The death was initially believed to be a possible suicide, but responding officers "suspected foul play" and police determined it was a homicide, the report said. It noted that residents located Thornton dead in his apartment and that he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

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The body was taken to the state Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.

No suspects were named in the report, and police didn't release any information about a possible motive.

The killing is the 31st of the year in Little Rock and the third at the same apartment complex. Two people died after a March 24 shooting there.