Man fatally shot in Pine Bluff, police say

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Pine Bluff police opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man on Monday afternoon.

Police identified the man as Cedric Sloan and said he is the city's 14th homicide victim of the year.

Officers responded to a call about an armed disturbance in the 4300 block of Union Avenue in Pine Bluff, police said. When they arrived, the officers learned that the disturbance was not on Union Avenue but in the area of 7300 Rosswood Colony Drive. Officers went over there about 1:40 p.m. and were told that a man inside the residence had been shot, authorities said.

Sloan was transported to Jefferson Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

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