Authorities in Pulaski County investigated three homicides in the first month of 2026, making it the least-deadly January in the county in at least 10 years.
Little Rock police investigated two of the killings, and the third was the Jan. 6 shooting of a man armed with a shotgun by North Little Rock police.
North Little Rock police officials -- who didn't investigate any homicides in January 2025 -- don't include police killings in their annual totals; however, a list compiled by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2021 strives to record all non-negligent homicides in Pulaski County.
In January 2025, officials from the Little Rock and Maumelle police departments investigated 11 homicides in the county, two of which were police shootings of men armed with knives.
Law enforcement agencies in Pulaski County have investigated three or more homicides every January since at least 2015, records from the agencies show.
The two homicides Little Rock police investigated last month marked a steep decline from the 10 in the city during January 2025.
All three of the people killed in January were men. In 2025, 53 of the 68 homicide victims whose sex was known, or about 78%, were men or...
Source: https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/feb/01/pulaski-countys-3-reported-january-homicides/
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