Update: Police release name of man dead following SWAT standoff

Friday, January 23rd, 2015, 11:38am

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Police have released the name of the man who died after a six-hour standoff with police and a SWAT Team.

According to the Little Rock Police Department, John Lynch, Jr., 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday night. Police said they found his body inside his home after an almost six-hour standoff.

*The above video interview occurred before the suspect was reportedly found dead.

Lt. Sidney Allen said officers arrived at a home on Warnix Ln. sometime around 5 p.m. as members of the Violent Criminals Apprehension Team tried to serve a warrant to Lynch, but he refused to leave his home. The SWAT Team was called when police were led to believe that he might be armed.

The warrant, for first-degree battery, stemmed from a shooting that happened on Rinke Rd. on the night of January 15 where a man had been shot in the hip and stomach outside his home.

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EXCLUSIVE: Dayong Yang speaks days after son dies

Submitted by Marlisa Goldsmith, Reporter

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 9:46pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - "I lost everything. My whole family gone," Dayong Yang explained.

An emotional Dayong Yang sat down with THV11 for the very first time since losing his son on Monday. Yang continued, "The doctor told me, actually he died."

Seven-year-old Leo was hospitalized after a tragic accident killed his mother. On the morning of January 14, 2013 Jinglei Yi was traveling less than a mile away from her home when her car hit a patch of ice, losing control of her car, sending she and her son into a nearby pond. Since the accident, the city of Little Rock has installed underground pipes to drain water when it rains.

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Submitted by Macy Jenkins, Reporter

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 7:57pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - One of the big questions surrounding the election of Governor Asa Hutchinson: would he get behind the private option? On Thursday, he urged state lawmakers to fund Private Option through the end of December 2016.

"This avoids harm to the 200,000 plus on the Private Option and it assures our hospitals and providers of financial stability," Governor Hutchinson said.

"We like the stability of retaining it to 2016," said Bo Ryall, CEO of Arkansans Hospital Association. "That's certainly a positive to hospitals and hospital revenues."

He said keeping private option likely allows rural hospitals that may have closed without the Private Option, to stay open. Under the plan - state hospitals have seen a $69 million reduction in uncompensated care.

"We have to decide what kind of reforms are good reforms that puts it back on the patients," said Senator Missy Irvin.

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Submitted by Astrid Solorzano, Reporter

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 5:57pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV)- There's no doubt that this winter has been very different than last winter. So far, there has been no major snow. But that has given the city and state plenty of time to prepare for any potential snow.

Mark Jacobi, the Public Works Operation Coordinator, said the city is lucky because they have not needed to put the trucks to use. "I think the entire city is lucky that we haven't had to do that," said Jacobi. "It's really hard to fight these types of events, and it does cost a lot."

Calvin Smith is one of the drivers that handles the city's snow plows. He says the city goes months a time when the plows aren't used so they have to do maintenance to get ready. "There could be a hydraulic leak that would make it not work right," said Echols.

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Pulaski County Judge Rules Criminal Eviction Unconstitutional

Submitted by Holly Nicole Morrison, Digital Content Producer

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 4:55pm

Pulaski County Judge Rules Criminal Eviction Unconstitutional

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Judge Herbert Wright, 4th Division Circuit Court Judge in Pulaski County, ruled Wednesday that the failure to vacate statute is unconstitutional.

Arkansas has received national attention for this previous statute from Human Rights Watch with their report “Pay the Rent or Face Arrest: Abusive Impacts of Arkansas's Criminal Evictions Law." Also unique to Arkansas, landlords are not responsible for keeping a safe and livable resident for tenants.

Now, Arkansas tenants can no longer become convicted criminals for failing to pay their rent on time.

"Arkansas has been on the wrong side of history when it comes to treating citizens of the state equally," said Stacy Fletcher, a staff attorney with the Center for Arkansas Legal Services. "The failure to vacate statute was solely designed to intimidate renters into giving up their rights to a trial."

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Submitted by THV 11 News Staff

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 2:31pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - On Wednesday afternoon, a jewelry store in the Heights area of Little Rock was robbed by four men with sledgehammers.

Reportedly, the men, dressed in dark hoodies, broke the glass out of the watch case at Sissy's Log Cabin and grabbed several watches.

According to Lt. Sidney Allen with Little Rock Police Department, the men fled in a stolen blue van after they stole the jewelry from the store on Grant St.

The van was recovered a short distance away from the scene.

No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call 501-371-4660.

Stay with THV11 and THV11.com for more information as it becomes available.

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Submitted by THV 11 News Staff

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 2:08pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (January 22, 2015) - Kohl's Department Stores recently presented Arkansas Children's Hospital with $147,116 to support a vaccination awareness campaign across the state.

The funds from Kohl's are being used for a comprehensive media campaign to raise awareness of the importance for children to be fully immunized. The campaign kicked-off in January 2015 and consists of billboards, print ads and radio ads targeting the 13 Arkansas counties with the lowest immunizations rates (24 to 35 month olds). These are Benton, Conway, Cross, Garland, Hot Spring, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lonoke, Pulaski, Randolph, Union, Washington.

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