Around 2:30 am on July 1, 2017, a shootout occurred at the Power Ultra Lounge nightclub in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
On July 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred at the Power Ultra Lounge in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, around 2:30 AM CST.
[2][3] An eyewitness stated that the attack happened during the performance and was unexpected, with a large number of individuals lying on the floor in an attempt to avoid the bullets.
"[4] A video from inside the club during the attack, which included audio of at least 24 rounds being fired in about 11 seconds, was posted by a friend of a victim to Facebook.
[5] Eventually Tyler Jackson of Wrightsville, Arkansas, Ricky "Finesse2Tymes" Hampton and Kentrell Dominique "Dirt" Gwynn both of West Memphis, Arkansas were all arrested in connection with the shooting and Jackson, who was the first to fire a weapon in the shooting pled guilty to three counts of aggravated assault in exchange for a 20-year prison sentence, and Hampton pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and Gwynn pled guilty to aggravated assault for firing a gun during the melee.
[14] The Mayor of Little Rock, Mark Stodola, said he plans to shut down Power Ultra Lounge as a result of the shooting.