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Updated: 1/30/2012 11:51 am

Published: 1/29/2012 8:52 pm

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Police have identified the victim in a fatal Sunday night shooting.

According to Cassandra Davis of the Little Rock Police Department, around 7:45pm on January 29, officers responded to Saxony Circle in Little Rock after receiving a call about shots being fired in the area.

When they arrived, police found the body of 19-year-old Garrick Smith in the road at the intersection of Saxony Circle and Queensboro.

Smith had been shot at least once and died as a result of his injuries.

Police do not have a suspect or a motive at this time. The investigation is ongoing.

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sparrowhawk60 - 1/31/2012 10:12 AM

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Does anyone realize there are good people living in these areas too. Instead of writing it off we should be uniting with those good people and helping them. I don't care where you live around Little Rock it reflects on ALL of us.

lesson42 - 1/30/2012 9:26 PM

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Wow are we at twenty murders in Little Rock in January 2012 yet, everyday it seems somebody is getting shot and killed in the "ROCK"

Annette82 - 1/30/2012 5:46 PM

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Amberjack, that's a real positive outlook. In fact, instead of encouraging a re-imaging of SWLR, let's shrug our shoulders and carry on as if SWLR "Ghetto" is okay because it's the norm. That's our area's problem. We don't support each other or try to get this city or recognize the issues here, instead of waving it off. Our neighborhoods and our schools already get ignored by the city and looked down on by anyone living north and west of us. It's not normal and it's not okay...there needs to be a change of attitude.

dilligaf - 1/30/2012 12:26 PM

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So very true wpsark. If a person wants to kill someone, they will use whatever it takes to do the job. You may as well outlaw bricks, bb guns, pellet guns, slingshots, ice picks, knives and any other object that may be used to kill someone. In other words, they should outlaw everything in the common house. That makes about as much sense as outlawing guns. LOL

wpsark - 1/30/2012 12:10 PM

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if he hadn't have shot/killed him with a gun, he would have beat him to death with a blunt object or stabbed him to death. A killer is a killer no matter what he uses to kill. Gun laws have nothing to do with it.

dilligaf - 1/30/2012 10:32 AM

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charlie c, I agree with you whole heartedly. Guns are NOT the problem. It is the weak justice system filled with bleeding hearts that feel as if the convicted ones are the real victim. Prisons are weak, there is no punishment or rehabilitation. Gun crimes should carry a very stiff penalty.

charlie c - 1/30/2012 10:18 AM

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Alot of people here wants to point the finger at guns and put it at the focus point and want laws that will take our rights away from law abiding people. when in fact its the law makers them selves at fault here. When a person commits gun crimes it should be the person or persons that should be held acountable.But yet the criminal has more rights than the victoms.When they make the punishment fit the crime and make a prison a prison and not a vacation resort with my tax dollars these crimes will stop.

protector20 - 1/30/2012 10:17 AM

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The only background check THIS thug/perp went through was did he have enough drug-splattered $100 bills to pay his homey/gun dealer.

50something - 1/30/2012 9:47 AM

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my guess is these guns were not obtained legally. you've seen the bumper stickers.......if we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. (not that you said anything about outlawing them) I don't know what the answer is but this is ridiculous!

Butch54 - 1/30/2012 9:32 AM

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We just have to come up with some sort of testing before gun ownership. There is just getting to be to many people with personal defects with guns.

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