Police identified a 62-year-old man found dead Friday evening of apparent gunshot wounds inside a Little Rock home.
Officers were called shortly before 7:50 p.m. to the 2700 block of South Arch Street in reference to unknown trouble, according to a report from the city's Police Department.
Inside a residence, authorities discovered the body of Lawrence Butler of Little Rock, who was last seen alive Friday afternoon.
Butler's 60-year-old cousin told police he had gone to the residence to watch Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers and saw Butler slumped over inside. Unable to get inside, the relative called authorities, he said.
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The Little Rock Fire Department was requested to assist police in entering the residence, police said.
Butler's body was taken to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy.
No suspects had been named and no arrests had been made in his killing as of Saturday.
The homicide was the 19th recorded this year in Arkansas' capital city.
Information for this article was contributed by staff members of The Associated Press.
Metro on 06/10/2018