NEWS LEADER áá FOXá16 NEWS AT
NINE STARTS NOW."
((KEVIN)) RIGHT NOW áá LITTLE
ROCK POLICE OFFICERS ARE
INVESTIGATING THE CITY'S
LATEST HOMICIDE. OFFICIALS SAY
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SEVERAL
HOURS AGO ON SOUTH PULASKI
STREET NEAR 19TH. FOX 16'S
MITCH MCCOY JUST ARRIVING BACK
INTO OUR NEWSROOM WITH NEW
DETAILS...
((MITCH)) WE'RE TOLD THE
VICTIM áá IS A MAN áá HE HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED BUT POLICE ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING
HIS FAMILY.
((MITCH)) INVESTIGATORS
WORKING THIS SCENE RIGHT NOWáá
WE ARE TOLD MULTIPLE SHOTS
WERE FIRED. IT'S UNCLEAR AT
THIS HOUR IF THIS WAS A
DRIVEáBY BUT POLICE SAY THE
VICTIM WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES.
OFFICERS GOT THE CALL JUST
BEFORE 6:30 áá ABOUT A
SHOOTING. OFFICER ERIC BARNES
áá UPDATING US WITHIN THE LAST
HOUR áá HE TELLS ME THIS HAS
BEEN A HOT SPOT AREA FOR
POLICE.
((Officer Eric Barnes, Little
Rock Police Department "It's
an area that we focus on in
the past and continue to focus
on. One thing I want to make
sure, you see the community is
gathering around here, we want
to bring them answers."
((MITCH)) POLICE SAY THEY ARE
INTERVIEWING WITNESSES RIGHT
NOW.
((MITCH)) NO SUSPECT
DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN RELEASED.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED áá YOU ARE ASKED
TO CALL LITTLE ROCK POLICE.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE áá THIS IS
THE CITY'S SECOND HOMICIDE IN
JUST OVER 24 HOURS.
((KEVIN)) THANK YOU MITCH. WE
FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY
ON OUR FOX 16 NEWS SMARTPHONE
APP. TO GET ALERTS LIKE THIS
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((KEVIN)) LITTLE ROCK POLICE
QUESTIONING A LITTLE CAESAR'S
EMPLOYEE THEY BELIEVE SHOT AND
KILLED A MAN WHO CAME INTO THE
RESTAURANT THURSDAY EVENING.
THEY SAY 26áYEARáOLD DOMENIQUE
JONES WAS ON THE RUN FOR
NEARLY 24 HOURS BEFORE
OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM. THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE
UNIVERSITY AVENUE LOCATION áá
RIGHT ACROSS FROM UáAáLáR.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS TELL US THEY
WERE ALERTED BY POLICE áá BUT
NEVER WENT ON LOCKDOWN áá
BECAUSE THIS WAS AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT.
((LARRY WARE//LIVES NEARBY))
"If I was still a student there
an still lived on campus I'd
be very scared because it's
right across the street."
((KEVIN)) POLICE HAVEN'T SAID
WHAT LED UP TO THIS SHOOTING
áá OR IF THE TWO MEN KNEW EACH
OTHER..
((KEVIN)) AUTHORITIES IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY IDENTIFYING
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND LAST WEEK.
POLICE SAY THOMAS MATTHEWS JR
WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH LAST
FRIDAY IN THE AREA OF FOURTH
AND JUNIPER AVENUE IN PINE
BLUFF. THEY'RE NOW
INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AS A
HOMICIDE. AT THIS TIME áá
THERE IS NO SUSPECT
INFORMATION.
((KEVIN)) CATCHING SPEEDERS IN
A CONSTRUCTION ZONEááá TONIGHT
WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT
HOW ARKANSAS HIGHWAY POLICE
TARGET SPEEDING DRIVERS áá WHO
ARE PUTTING NUMEROUS LIVES AT
RISK.
((KEVIN)) FOR THE FIRST TIME
áá WE'RE GETTING AN INSIDE
LOOK AT HOW DANGEROUS IT IS
FOR LAW ENFORCMENT TO PUMP THE
BREAKS ON THOSE GOING TOO
FAST... ESPECIALLY UP AND DOWN
INTERSTATE 630. FOX 16'S MITCH
MCCOY áá REPORTS.
"NATS/digital sound effect"
IT'S 3PMáá "NATS/traffic "
...RUSH HOUR IS KICKING OFFáá
"NATS/traffic " ...AND
SPEEDERS ARE TREATING THE WORK
ZONE LIKE A RACE TRACK.
((Officer Ronnie Carr,
Arkansas Highway Police))
"There's one at 64 that's going
" ..THE SPEED LIMIT IN THIS
CONSTRUCTION ZONE IS 50 MILES
PER HOUR. ((Officer Ronnie
Carr, Arkansas Highway
Police)) "There is one at 71."
((Mitch McCoy, Reporter)) "Is
that somebody in front or
behind?" ((Officer Ronnie
Carr, Arkansas Highway
Police)) "That's going the
opposite direction." ARKANSAS
HIGHWAY POLICE OFFICER RONNIE
CARR IS WORKING ENFORCEMENT
ALONG INTERSTATE 630 IN LITTLE
ROCK áá HE SAYS MANY DRIVERS
TREAT THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE áá
LIKE IT'S NOTHING. ((Officer
Ronnie Carr, Arkansas Highway
Police)) "I don't know quite
the number of accidents but I
one accident a day. " WHILE
DRIVING ON 630 áá ANOTHER CAR
DRIVES BYáá OFFICER CARR
ESTIMATES HIM GOING UP TO 70
MILES PER HOUR. "NATS/getting
out of car" OFFICER CARR IS
FORCED TO WAIT áá STOPPING THE
DRIVER OUT OF THE WORK ZONE
BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.
((Officer Ronnie Carr,
Arkansas Highway Police))
"Reason I pulled you over, is
the speeding in the work
zone." PULLING PEOPLE OVER IN
THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE IS
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE áá IT WOULD
SHUT A LANE OF TRAFFIC
DOWN.... IT'S AN ONGOING
STRUGGLE FOR HIGHWAY POLICE.
"NATS/traffic " BUT SPEEDING
ISN'T THE ONLY ISSUE...
((Officer Ronnie Carr,
Arkansas Highway Police))
"Following too close that
could cause an accident in the
work zone itself." ..AND
TEXTING. ((Officer Ronnie
Carr, Arkansas Highway
Police)) "I think people not
paying attention, trying to
merge too fast... trying to
cut the other off."
((KEVIN)) HENDERSON STATE
UNIVERSITY áá ALERTING ITS
STUDENTS AND STAFF TO A SEXUAL
ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED AT ANá
ON CAMPUS APARTMENT. ACCORDING
TO THE ALERT, THE ASSAULT
HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY AT THE
REDDIE VILLAS. AUTHORITIES SAY
THE TWO PEOPLE WERE ATTENDING
THE SAME PARTY áá BUT DIDN'T
KNOW EACH OTHER. THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE HAS NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED OR ARRESTED.
UNIVERSITY POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING. IF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED,
GIVE THEM A CALL.
((KEVIN)) ALMOST THREE
THOUSAND MENTAL HEALTH
PATIENTS IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WILL BE WITHOUT SERVICES COME
NEXT MONTH. LEADERS AT THE
LITTLE ROCK COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH CENTER SAY FUNDING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE TO
BLAME. MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES
SAY THEY'RE SEEING THIS TREND
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ARE
CONCERNED WHERE SOME OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS WILL
RECEIVE TREATMENT. ELLEN
MITCHELL IS CURRENTLY IN
THERAPY AT A DIFFERENT
FACILITY, BUT SAYS IF HER
SERVICES WERE TO ABRUPTLY END,
SHE'D BE BACK LIVING ON THE
STREET. MITCHELL WANTS OTHERS
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET
CARE.
"It's amazing what one person
can do to another person's
psychy to bring them up just
far enough that they can walk
in a different direction."
((KEVIN)) LITTLE ROCK
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
AND ITS DAY TREATMENT CENTER
ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE
SEPTEMBER 23RD. DáHáS HAS SENT
LETTERS TO PATIENTS WARNING
THEM OF THE CLOSURE. CENTERS
FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY WILL HELP
PROVIDE SERVICES.
((KEVIN)) TODAY PEOPLE IN
CENTRAL ARKANSAS CAME TOGETHER
AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO HONOR
LIVES LOST TO OVERáDOSES. THIS
MEMORIAL A PART OF AN
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT RAISING
AWARENESS ABOUT DRUG USE AND
OVERDOSES. LOCAL
LEADERSáááSIDE BY SIDE áá TO
PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST FRIENDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS. PEOPLE WHO
ATTENDED BROUGT ALONG SHOES
AND ATTACHED BLACK AND WHITE
BALLOONS TO THEM AS A WAY TO
REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES.
((KEVIN)) IMAGINE NOT HAVING
ONE OF YOUR HANDS? WELL FOR
9áYEARáOLD ATHALIE COONTS OF
RUSSELLVILLE á IT'S NORMAL.
SHE WAS BORN WITH AMNIOTIC
BAND SYNDROME á A CONDITION
WHERE A CHILD IS BORN WITH
EITHER PARTIAL OR NO HAND AT
ALL. DESPITE HER LIMB
DIFFERENCES, SHE ADMITS
MEETING A NEW PERSON CAN BE
AWKWARD á WHICH IS WHY SHE IS
TRYING TO EDUCATE KIDS AND
ADULTS THROUGH VIDEOS SHE
MAKES ON YOUTUBE.
Athalie Coonts "They don't see
this often á like little kids
they would just think like
okay, everybody's like this
every single person. But it's
not like that. Still other
kids they still don't know
because you don't see many
people like this ever."
((KEVIN)) HER MOST RECENT
VIDEO SHOWS HER TRYING ON HER
BIONIC ARM. SHE'S EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE IT IN A FEW WEEKS AND
PLANS ON HOLDING HER MOTHER'S
HAND. SHE HOPES THE VIDEOS
WILL HELP PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF CHILDREN BORN
WITH LIMB DIFFERENCES. IN A
DIGITAL ORINGAL YOU CAN FIND
ON FOX 16 DOT COM... MEET THE
BRAVE LITTLE GIRL AND HER
MESSAGE OF ANTIáBULLYING.
((KEVIN)) AS EXPECTED áá
DORIAN áá PICKS UP STEAM áá
PACKING 130 MILE AN HOUR
WINDS. IT'S NOW A CATEFORY
FOUR HURRICANE. THE STRONG AND