PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Pine Bluff Police Department is investigating an early morning Christmas Eve shooting where one person has died.
Officers were called to the 1300 block of South Blake Street around 2 a.m. in reference to a shooting. Once there, police found a blood trail and shell casings, but no victim.
Then around 2:23 a.m., 41-year-old William Earl Burnett was found at a local hospital with a single gunshot wound by an off-duty officer.
Burnett would die at the hospital due to his injuries.
No suspects have been named at this time.
If you have any information on the shooting, please contact the Pine Bluff Police Department at 870-730-2106 and ask for Detective Sergeant C. Wilfong. You can also call 870-730-2090 or 870-541-5300.
We will update this article with more information as it becomes available.