26-year-old killed by gunfire in North Little Rock

A man died at a central Arkansas hospital after being shot Thursday night, police said.

Officers with the North Little Rock Police Department went at 8:09 p.m. to an apartment complex in the 5300 block of Summertree Drive on a call that an individual had been shot.

There, 26-year-old Dwight Johnson of North Little Rock was found lying on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release.

Johnson was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center-Springhill, where he died of his injuries, police said.

An investigation is ongoing.

Johnson's killing marked the seventh homicide in North Little Rock in 2017, police spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedrick said.

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