Little Rock man who reported finding bodies of 2 women charged in their deaths

Montrell Burns
Montrell Burns

11 A.M. UPDATE:

The man who reported finding two women dead from gunshot wounds Tuesday morning in Little Rock has been charged in their deaths, police said.

Montrell Burns, 32, faces two counts of first-degree murder.

Burns called authorities around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday to report as dead 35-year-old Shameika Eason and 36-year-old Mallida Webb.

He told police he had come home to his residence on the 2300 block of Nichols Road, according to a report, and found the women dead inside. The mobile home is a little over a mile east of Interstate 430.

Police responded and saw both women had suffered apparent gunshot wounds. No one else was in the mobile home, according to the report, save for a few pets. Animal Services took possession of them.

The bodies were taken to the state Crime Lab for an autopsy.

Officer Eric Barnes said police determined the women were acquaintances with Burns, who lived in the mobile home. Neither of the women lived there, according to the report.

Burns was taken in for questioning, and during the investigation, police developed him as a suspect. The department did not detail why.

He was booked into the Pulaski County jail around 3:20 a.m. Wednesday.

— Nyssa Kruse

EARLIER:

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the killings of two people found dead Tuesday in a trailer in Little Rock.

Police said Montrell Burns, 32, faces two counts of first-degree murder. The bodies of the female victims were found around 10:45 a.m. in a white trailer in the 2300 block of Nichols Road, a neighborhood a little over a mile east of Interstate 430.

Police haven't released the victims' names, or any information about a motive. The two victims had gunshot wounds, police said on Tuesday.

According to an arrest report, Burns was taken into custody at the scene around 11 a.m. and questioned. He was developed as a suspect "through evidence collection and witness statements" and later charged. Online records show he was booked into the Pulaski County jail after 3 a.m. Wednesday, and he remained there later in the morning with bail not yet set.

Upcoming Events