Little Rock police say a 14-year-old male was found about 3:45 a.m. today in an alley off the 1300 block of Booker Street with a fatal gunshot wound in his abdomen. He also was shot in the buttocks. He’s been identified as Decree Thomas, 14, of 3219 W. 8th Street. No suspect or motives and people who live nearby said they heard gunshots, but didn’t see what transpired.

The police also reported another unrelated shooting Monday afternoon. Jose Lopez, 19, was shot in the head while fleeing four men in a car who tried to rob him outside La Frontera restaurant at 4918 Baseline. The wound was not life-threatening.

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