Man arrested in connection with Little Rock homicide on New Year’s Day

The Little Rock Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a homicide on New Year's Day.

Quentin Thomas, 23, of Little Rock was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on the 5000 block of East 39th Street, police said in a social media post on Monday just before 9 p.m.

The victim, whose identity hadn't been released Tuesday, was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds in the area just before 3:45 a.m. Monday. His body was taken to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy, another Facebook post from the department said Monday around 8:30 a.m.

Thomas faces charges of aggravated robbery and manslaughter, police said. He was being held in the Pulaski County jail Tuesday, according to an online inmate roster.

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