2 thieves drop ID of dead man, keys

During a struggle to retrieve merchandise stolen from a Little Rock store, an employee also discovered a set of keys and identification belonging to a homicide victim, police said.

Officers were sent around 2 p.m. Monday to the Rainbow clothing store at the Shackleford Crossing shopping center, 2610 S. Shackleford Road, in reference to a robbery in progress, according to a Little Rock police report.

The 28-year-old worker said two women with a 1-year-old child ran out of the store with merchandise, prompting her to chase after them.

During a struggle at the robbers’ vehicle, the worker was able to obtain the stolen items as well as other merchandise taken earlier that day from a clothing store on Geyer Springs Road. In total, about $534 worth of items were stolen.

The worker also was able to get “a set of keys and an ID belonging to Loren Robinson … who is deceased,” the report states.

Robinson, 30, was found shot July 24 in a brown

2002 Buick LeSabre outside a southwest Little Rock home in the 10000 block of Stardust Trail. He was later pronounced dead at UAMS Medical Center.

The keys and ID are believed to have fallen out of the vehicle while the worker collected the stolen merchandise, Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Michael Ford said Tuesday.

As the robbers tried to flee, the employee was dragged by their vehicle, according to authorities. The police report notes that the pair’s vehicle later hit two vehicles before leaving the scene, causing minor damage to both vehicles.