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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A wrongful death federal lawsuit has been filed against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Explosives (ATF) and at least 10 agents after Bryan Malinowski, who was a director at the Clinton National Airport, was killed in an early morning raid. The lawsuit was filed by attorneys for Maria "Maer" Malinowski, the wife of Malinowski, and alleges "agents chose the most aggressive tactics available" to serve a search warrant on March 19, 2024. The complaint alleges the constitutional rights of the Malinowskis' were violated, with attorneys calling his death a "needless and a direct result of...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Little Rock Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of East 8th Street. Chief Kenton Buckner says officers responded to calls of a disturbance in the area. As officers were in route, the call was updated to a disturbance involving a man with a weapon. The police report states responding officers arrived to find a man pointing a long gun at his uncle. Buckner tells KATV officers engaged with the man and shots were fired outside the home. The man was killed. The man has...

The Little Rock Police Department confirms to Channel 7 News the victim of Wednesday night's shooting at a Sonic has been identified as Olivia Standage, 20. According to the report KATV obtained, she was shot multiple times in the torso and upper torso. The report further detailed what the suspects looked like; one was described as wearing a white t-shirt and another was said to be wearing a black t-shirt. Standage was transported to Baptist Hospital, where she is listed in critical condition. The suspects' vehicle was described as a 2005/2006 tan Cadillac Deville, four-door with a rag top, and...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Three people were fatally shot over the course of a day in Little Rock, including a mother who was holding her young daughter while she was struck, police said Sunday. The killings bring to five the number of homicides in the city so far this year, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Steve McClanahan said 19-year-old Junius Pitts Jr. died early Sunday morning after being shot while apparently sitting in his car at a red light near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus. A witness who was in the car...

LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Tonight a (WHITE) University of Arkansas Little Rock employee talked to FOX 16 about being attacked near campus. The employee tells us the attack came out of nowhere after he parked his car on 32nd and University. He also says it happened in broad daylight around 10:00 Tuesday morning.A group of guys jumped the UALR employee on his way to work. The victim said, "I just walked past them and the next thing I know I was being attacked from behind." The victim says the men took several swings at the back of his head and...