Authorities ID man found dead inside central Arkansas home

FILE — A Pulaski County sheriff's office vehicle is shown in this 2019 file photo.
FILE — A Pulaski County sheriff's office vehicle is shown in this 2019 file photo.

The Pulaski County sheriff’s office has identified the homicide victim found Thursday night as 18-year-old Steven McClendon of Little Rock.

The sheriff’s office said he died of an apparent gunshot wound in his home on Wilkerson Drive.

Deputies were sent around 5:20 p.m. Thursday to investigate a report of shots being fired on Wilkerson Drive, a private road that runs off Colonel Glenn Road, Lt. Cody Burk said.

“We are working around the clock following up on leads,” the office wrote on Twitter Friday.

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