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Police investigate Tuesday shooting

Pine Bluff police are continuing their investigation into the Tuesday night shooting of a man on the west side of the city.

According to a police report, Eugene Farris, 37, was shot multiple times at about 6:15 p.m. by an unknown person outside an auto shop at 104 N. Bryant St.

Officer Terrence Anderson said in the report that Farris told him a car pulled onto the car lot and he thought it was a customer looking to buy a vehicle. Farris said he came out of the garage to assist them and a male with his hair in dreadlocks shot him.

Farris also told police he could not remember what the man was wearing or in which direction the vehicle left.

Also according to the report, four .45-caliber shell casings were recovered at the scene.

Anderson said in the report that Farris received wounds to the abdomen and right forearm.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the detective division at 730-2090 or the dispatch center at 541-5300. All calls will be kept confidential.