A woman and child were found dead in a parking lot in southwest Little Rock Thursday morning in what the Little Rock Police Department is calling a double homicide.
The identities and ages of the victims were not immediately available, interim Chief Hayward Finks said at a news conference Thursday morning at police headquarters.
A 911 caller reported a subject down at approximately 7:45 a.m. at Eagle Hill Apartments on Par Drive, Finks said. When officers arrived, they found a woman and a young boy dead in the parking lot, he said.
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The causes of death have not yet been released, but Finks said investigators have classified them as homicides.
The relation between the two victims also wasn't released.
The apartment complex is a gated community in southwest Little Rock. Media were not being allowed into the complex as of Thursday morning.
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Authorities in Little Rock are investigating a double homicide.
The Little Rock Police Department said that investigators were on the scene of a double killing at Eagle Hill and Par drive, which is an apartment complex north of Baseline Road west of Stagecoach Road.
Dispatch records show police were called to the complex at 7:40 a.m. Thursday for a report of a person down.
No other details were immediately available. An agency spokesman said more details would be released at a 10 a.m. news conference.
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