Police are searching for a suspected gunman after a 45-year-old man was fatally shot in Pine Bluff early Saturday.
Officers responding to a shooting call at 5004 W. Barraque St. at about 2:15 a.m. found the victim suffering from a single gunshot wound outside the residence, according to a news release by the Pine Bluff Police Department.
Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley said the victim, identified as Demetrius Foreman of Pine Bluff, was pronounced dead shortly after 3 a.m.
Investigators identified Joseph Delonte Dudley as a suspect in Foreman’s killing. The release describes Dudley as a 47-year-old man standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing roughly 165 pounds. Police believe he may be driving a 2013 grey Dodge Dart.
The slaying is the city’s fourth this year and comes just two days after its third. Leoncio Flores, 21, of Pine Bluff, was found shot dead in the doorway of an apartment unit early Thursday near 2402 McConnell Circle, according to police. No suspects have been named in that case.
Information for this article was contributed by Dale Ellis of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
This article was originally published at 9 a.m.