Victim ID'd in homicide near LR park

Authorities have identified a man who was fatally shot near Meriwether Park in Little Rock late Saturday night.

Police were called at about 10:10 p.m., after Jadon Shackelford, 21, arrived at UAMS Medical Center with at least one gunshot wound, according to Little Rock Police Department spokesperson Mark Edwards.

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Shackelford later died, and the incident is being investigated as a homicide, police said.

A primary crime scene was located at Meriweather Park, 1401 Florida Ave., according to a Little Rock police report.

No suspects had been named and no arrests had been made Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Police asked anyone with information to call (501) 371-4636.

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