Man and woman killed in shooting; Little Rock homicides make 3 deaths in 2 days

A man and woman are dead after a shooting late Sunday, making three homicides in Little Rock in two days, police said.

Officers were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. to a shooting at 21st and Oak streets, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.

Authorities found a black 2005 Mercedes-Benz 500 that had traveled off the road and come to a rest between two houses in the 2100 block of Oak Street.

Inside the car were 22-year-old Nathan Sullivan of Little Rock and 21-year-old Cierra Onukwube of Jacksonville, according to a news release.

Sullivan was pronounced dead at the scene. Onukwube was taken by ambulance to UAMS Medical Center, where she died Monday afternoon, according to police.

[2018 HOMICIDES: Interactive map shows all killings so far this year in Little Rock and North Little Rock]

No suspects have been named in the shooting.

Sullivan’s and Onukwube's killings are the eighth and ninth homicides recorded so far this year in Little Rock.

Early Saturday, a 47-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a 2006 black Saturn Vue at Boyle Park, 3101 Boyle Park Road. No arrests have been made in that case.

Officer Steve Moore, a Little Rock police spokesman, said the man's death was not considered related to Sunday's killings as of Monday.

Ryan Tarinelli of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette contributed to this story.

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