The rampage erupted at Power Ultra Lounge early Saturday. Twenty-five people were shot and three others were injured in the ensuing chaos.
A rapper who performed at a Little Rock lounge the night a shooting spree left 28 people wounded was arrested Sunday on unrelated charges, but no arrests involving the shooting have been made, police said.
Finese 2Tymes, also knows as Ricky Hampton, was arrested in Birmingham, Ala., early Sunday on outstanding warrants out of Forrest City in eastern Arkansas.
“No arrests have been made in the mass shooting, ” Little Rock police tweeted Sunday.
The shooting rampage erupted at Power Ultra Lounge around 2: 30 a.m. local time Saturday morning, police said. Twenty-five people were shot and three others were injured in the chaotic scramble to flee the club.
Kyanna Bogan, who was in the lounge, said she ducked to the floor when the gunshots rang out.
“We heard another round of gunshots, and we were tumbling down the stairs to get out the door, ” she said. “Everybody running and screaming and ‘help me’ and ‘I can’ t find this person.’ It was sad and scary. I never thought I’ d have to go through something like that.”
Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner said the shooting apparently stemmed from a dispute between two gang-related groups in the crowded nightclub and was not terror-related.
“Most of the people in there had nothing to do the conflict, they were just victims of stupidity, ” he said.
Hampton, 25, and Kentrell Gwynn, also 25, both of Memphis, were arrested outside a club early Sunday. Cliff LaBarge, chief deputy of the U. S. Marshal Service in Birmingham, said Hampton was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a gun. LaBarge did not know when the alleged assault took place.
Two handguns and a rifle were seized from the men’s car, Buckner said. A poster and other materials promoting the Little Rock concert showed someone peering through the sight of what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle.
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola, who attended a vigil for the wounded that drew more than 100 people Saturday night, said such a promotions should be “totally unacceptable” in Little Rock. He vowed the club would be shut down permanently.
Hampton posted condolences on his Facebook page after the shooting:
“PRAYERS GO TO THE INNOCENT PEOPLE AND THERE FAMILY THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT ME, LAST NIGHT IN LITTLE ROCK ARK. THE VIOLENCE IS NOT FOR THE CLUB PEOPLE. WE ALL COME WITH 1 MOTIVE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND THATS TO HAVE FUN. NOT TO BE HURT. SO AGAIN I SEND ME CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HURT.”
Contributing: Erika Ferrando, KTHV-TV in Little Rock
