Little Rock police investigate 2 unrelated homicides

Authorities in Little Rock are investigating a pair of unrelated homicides that occurred Friday night and Saturday morning, Lt. Steve McClanahan said.

The Little Rock Police Department said shortly after 2:30 p.m. Saturday that a killing took place at 8510 Scott Hamilton Drive, lot 14. McClanahan said police got a report of a dead body at that address around 9:40 a.m. Saturday.

Investigators later determined that the body was that of Tanisha Roby, 21. Police did not immediately release Roby’s cause of death.

McClanahan said Roby was last seen leaving her job at Food Wise at 8801 Geyer Springs Road around 9:30 p.m Friday. Her sister reported her missing around 2 a.m. Saturday, police said. Authorities said Roby’s body was found a few hours later.

McClanahan said that while officers were investigating the homicide on Scott Hamilton Drive, he was told that a victim from a previous shooting on Asher Avenue had died.

Police said a 19-year-old shooting victim was dropped off at Baptist Health Medical Center by a group of people around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. He died Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

McClanahan said police believe the teen was shot on Asher Avenue, then brought to the hospital, but they have not been able to locate a crime scene. Police are “not even 100 percent sure of where he was shot,” McClanahan said.

McClanahan did not identify the 19-year-old victim because next of kin had not been notified, he said.

McClanahan said police do not have suspects in either killing. The homicides are the 26th and 27th in Little Rock in 2017.

Check back with Arkansas Online for updates and read Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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