# 28 people Shot at club in Little Rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315 "2017-07-01T23:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/1 "2017-07-01T23:22:32Z")
I’m not completely surprised. We’ve had drive by shootings off 12th Street for the past week. Even had a shooting on the Interstate a mile away. One of the drive by shootings off 12th Street hit a kid in his grandmother’s yard. Three days ago. Most likely gang related. These guys are going at it. That high speed shooting on the Interstate showed how intent they are to get their targets. 7 drive by shootings in 4 days [https://www.google.com/amp/www.thv11.com/amp//news/local/little-rock-police-asking-for-help-after-7-drive-by-shooting-in-4-days/452300710](https://www.google.com/amp/www.thv11.com/amp//news/local/little-rock-police-asking-for-help-after-7-drive-by-shooting-in-4-days/452300710) That cumulated last night with a mass shooting at a The Power Ultra Lounge. They say it’s the largest shooting since the Pulse nightclub attack. > **[Rapper releases statement following mass shooting at Little Rock club](https://katv.com/news/local/rapper-releases-statement-following-mass-shooting-at-little-rock-club)** > > LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) - FineseTwotymes, the artist who was performing at a Little Rock club as a mass shooting occurred early Saturday, gave his condolences to the victims.On his Facebook page, the rapper wrote (sic):PRAYERS GO TO THE INNOCENT... Links to various drive by shootings in the past week. Fuck, it’s a full out gang war 6 miles from my house. [https://www.google.com/amp/www.thv11.com/amp//news/local/victim-of-another-drive-by-shooting-drives-to-north-little-rock-before-seeking-help1/452604509](https://www.google.com/amp/www.thv11.com/amp//news/local/victim-of-another-drive-by-shooting-drives-to-north-little-rock-before-seeking-help1/452604509) > **[Little Rock police investigating drive-by shooting Thursday night](https://katv.com/news/local/little-rock-police-investigating-drive-by-shooting-thursday-night)** > > Little Rock police investigating a shooting Thursday night along Colonel Glenn Rd.Lt. Steve McClanahan says an 18-year-old black male was shot multiple times as he was driving in the 8400 block of Colonel Glenn and then drove himself to his father's... [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jun/30/man-arrested-little-rock-drive-shooting-injured-7-/](https://www.google.com/amp/amp.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jun/30/man-arrested-little-rock-drive-shooting-injured-7-/) > **[Police identify victim injured in drive-by shooting in downtown Little Rock](https://katv.com/news/local/police-investigate-early-morning-shooting-in-downtown-little-rock)** > > UPDATE (11:15):Police have identified the victim injured in the drive-by shooting Friday morning as 28-year-old Tyrone Hayes.Authorities tell Channel 7 when they arrived on the scene, they found Hayes lying in front of Albert Pike with a gunshot... ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/2 "2017-07-01T23:34:02Z")
Sounds like they need some monuments of the Ten Commandments over there. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/3 "2017-07-01T23:39:12Z")
I knew it was bad news when I saw our weekday anchor working on a Saturday. That never happens. 😃 28 injuries and no fatalities. Our hospital’s ER’s do good work. > **[Multiple victims in overnight Little Rock club shooting](https://katv.com/news/local/multiple-victims-in-overnight-club-shooting)** > > LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) - Little Rock police are investigating a shooting at the Power Ultra Lounge that happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.Police say 25 victims were injured by the gunfire and three others had unrelated injuries.Special agents with... > [@](#): > > Special agents with the ATF Little Rock field office are assisting local police with the investigation. > > Witnesses tell Channel 7 shots were fired in the crowd and then shots were returned from the stage. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/4 "2017-07-02T00:54:17Z")
Some small towns have a sign at the city limits that says something like “XX days without a traffic accident” or some such. How many days can the United States go without a mass shooting? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/5 "2017-07-02T01:11:38Z")
“Shots returned from the stage?” What is this, _Buckaroo Banzai_? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/6 "2017-07-02T01:28:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > 28 injuries and no fatalities. Our hospital’s ER’s do good work. How do you have 28 injuries and no fatalities in a random shooting? Were those 28 injuries from gunshots or other things? If the were gunshot injuries they gunmen must have gone around and individually shot each person in the foot. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/7 "2017-07-02T02:07:19Z")
It’s still a developing story. I plan to watch the local news at 10 for updates. There were 2 off duty officers working security in the parking lot. The shooting occurred inside, apparently between 2 rival groups. A rapper was onstage. It sounds like maybe some of his security or maybe his crew? returned fire. Just a WAG based on reports. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/8 "2017-07-02T02:33:48Z")
Some better details. At least the club is finished. ABC revoked their beverage license and the city is shutting them down after multiple violations since 2012. > **[Little Rock mayor vows to shut down club following shooting](https://katv.com/news/local/private-club-permit-suspended-for-power-ultra-lounge)** > > Little Rock city leaders gathered at a press conference Saturday following a mass shooting at a downtown club that left 28 people injured.A barrage of gunfire broke out around 2:30 a.m. inside Power Ultra Lounge on 6th Street during a performance by... > **[Little Rock city leaders: Mass shooting result of rivalry violence, 'not an...](https://katv.com/news/local/little-rock-city-leaders-address-night-club-shooting)** > > LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) - Police are investigating a nightclub shooting that left 28 people injured early Saturday morning. Authorities acknowledge the incident may be connected to a string of violence in the city that has occurred lately.City... > [@](#): > > Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner said a dispute ensued in the audience during a performance by rapper Finese 2Tymes. He said multiple shots were fired and they believe multiple people are responsible. > > Buckner said two off-duty Little Rock officers were outside in the venue’s parking lot until 2 a.m. > > “Shortly before they left before their 2 a.m. exit time, some members with the headliner group for the entertainment attempted to enter the venue, one of which was openly carrying a weapon,” Buckner said. “Our officers engaged that individual, attempted to stop that individual, but it appears that some of the individuals went to an alternate entry into this location and actually gained access into the venue.” > [@](#): > > Mayor Stodola also said the manager of the property where Power Ultra Lounge operates says he will be issuing an eviction notice to the operators of the business. > > Alcoholic Beverage Control has suspended the mixed drink permit for Power Ultra Lounge, effective Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/9 "2017-07-02T02:36:51Z")
Good old NYT shows its contempt for the “flyover country”: [https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/881252346512257024?ref\_src=twsrc^tfw](https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/881252346512257024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) “Dozens of people were wounded by gunfire at a nightclub early Saturday morning in **downtown Arkansas** ”. Bolding mine. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/10 "2017-07-02T02:44:14Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > How do you have 28 injuries and no fatalities in a random shooting? Were those 28 injuries from gunshots or other things? If the were gunshot injuries they gunmen must have gone around and individually shot each person in the foot. I recall an episode of _Wild West Tech_ that told of a shootout in a saloon. Both combatants emptied their guns at each other from across a table. There were no injuries. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/11 "2017-07-02T03:09:16Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Good old NYT shows its contempt for the “flyover country”: > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/881252346512257024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > “Dozens of people were wounded by gunfire at a nightclub early Saturday morning in **downtown Arkansas** ”. > > Bolding mine. At least _The Times_ was aware there was a shooting. The Howling Yam didn’t notice. Didn’t notice the hospital shooting, either. Golf is really that important. Trump thinks there’s [only 39 states](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/857246245672366081) in the US. Pence not only doesn’t understand the court system, he didn’t know [Hawaii was a state.](http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-jeff-sessions-refers-to-hawaii-as-an-1492722280-htmlstory.html) > [@](#): > > I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power," Sessions said. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/12 "2017-07-02T03:22:33Z")
Video. Quite a few shots heard. There is concern this may escalate. A week of drive by shootings lead to this incident. Hopefully the cops can keep it from continuing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UtvBWsHDssE/hqdefault.jpg "Arkansas Nightclub Shooting: 17 Shot In Power Ultra Lounge In Little Rock After Concert Dispute") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtvBWsHDssE) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/13 "2017-07-02T03:32:15Z")
Mayor Stodola served three terms as Little Rock prosecuting attorney in the 90’s. Gangs were even worse then. He knows how to work with law enforcement and get this under control. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/14 "2017-07-02T03:49:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Mayor Stodola served three terms as Little Rock prosecuting attorney in the 90’s. **Gangs were even worse then.** > > He knows how to work with law enforcement and get this under control. That doesn’t sound like a ringing endorsement. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/15 "2017-07-02T04:04:11Z")
If there were no casualties, then I can understand why it’s not being taken as seriously. These serial killers keep raising the bar, and we have compassion fatigue. Plus it’s gang related, so people probably assume there were no innocent people involved. Still, this actually hits me a bit more, since it is closer to home. Though one in Springfield (less than an hour away if you ignore the speed limit as most people do) would hit a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/16 "2017-07-02T13:11:17Z")
I guess the reports of return fire coming from the stage are accurate. Finese2Tymes was performing when the shooting started. [https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/02/little-rock-nightclub-shooting-us-marshals-arrest-rapper-second-suspect-in-alabama.amp.html](https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/02/little-rock-nightclub-shooting-us-marshals-arrest-rapper-second-suspect-in-alabama.amp.html) > [@](#): > > Ricky Hampton, also know as Finese2Tymes, along with another suspect was arrested outside of Side Effects Club in Birmingham, Alabama, FOX 6 News reported. > > U.S. Marshals, along with the ATF and FBI apprehended Hampton and the other male, according to Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Cliff LaBarge. Both are currently being held at the Jefferson County jail. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/17 "2017-07-02T13:35:45Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Good old NYT shows its contempt for the “flyover country”: > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/881252346512257024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > “Dozens of people were wounded by gunfire at a nightclub early Saturday morning in **downtown Arkansas** ”. > > Bolding mine. Where they’re from, it wouldn’t have been a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/18 "2017-07-02T14:45:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Pence not only doesn’t understand the court system, he didn’t know [Hawaii was a state.](http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-jeff-sessions-refers-to-hawaii-as-an-1492722280-htmlstory.html) The judge was on an island. In the Pacific. And it was Sessions who said that, not Pence. Amazing, though, how people can make mistakes, isn’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/19 "2017-07-02T14:54:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The judge was on an island. In the Pacific. And it was Sessions who said that, not Pence. Amazing, though, how people can make mistakes, isn’t it? 😉 Ignorant Republicans all look alike. 😃 Sessions blowing off Hawaii as just an island in the Pacific was dismissing Hawaii’s status as a State. And marveling that a judge can make a decision. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315/20 "2017-07-02T15:02:16Z")
The police corrected the arrest story. Forrest City is in northern Arkansas. A 45 minute drive from Memphis. The rapper is based in Memphis. > > [@](#): > > Ricky Hampton “Finese 2 Tymes” was arrested for his outstanding warrants out of Forest City. No arrests have been made in the mass shooting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/28-people-shot-at-club-in-little-rock/790315.md?page=2)