Little Rock police fatally shoot man in city's downtown
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Little Rock's police chief says officers fatally shot a man early Tuesday while responding to a report of a disturbance.
Police Chief Kenton Buckner says officers shot the man shortly after they arrived on the scene in the city's downtown. He says dispatchers received "multiple" calls of a disturbance shortly after midnight, along with another caller reporting a man with a long gun.
Authorities say a weapon was recovered at the scene. Buckner says authorities are still investigating whether the man opened fire on police.
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The shooting happened in Little Rock's Quapaw Quarter neighborhood of historic homes, a few blocks north of the MacArthur Park Historic District and the city's art museum.