Person found dead after Little Rock gunshots

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Police are investigating a homicide after a shooting Wednesday night in southwest Little Rock, according to a police spokesperson.

Officers responded just before 7 p.m. to a call about a shooting at a duplex at 12822 Quail Creek Road, said Lt. Casey Clark.

Paramedics forced their way into the property and found a victim lying in a pool of blood at the door with an undetermined number of gunshot wounds in the body, Clark said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Clark said the victim's gender could not be determined "because of the way they're lying at the door." Police believe the victim was an adult, the spokesperson said.

Police took a person, described by Casey as a possible witness, away from the scene.

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