Arkansas police are investigating a after a man and woman were rammed off a motorbike and in El Dorado on Tuesday. Officers from the El Dorado Police Department rushed to the scene of a and shooting at a gas station on Hillsboro Street at around 8pm after receiving several . There they found 27-year-old Jaylen Robinson and Kinley Hansen, 21, .
The pair, both from El Dorado, had sustained gunshot wounds and injuries from what initially appeared to be a motorbike accident. "One of the 911 calls was about an accident involving a motorcycle and we got calls about two subjects that were down or hurt," said Capt. Jarod Primm of the El Dorado Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division.
Jaylen and Kinley had been riding a motorcycle driven by Jaylen when they were hit by a passing vehicle. "A person that had driven up on them after the shooting happened called 911," Primm explained. "When the officer arrived, they both were lying in the street.
They were injured from an accident and there was evidence that a shooting had occurred," he continued. Jaylen and Kinley had visible injuries including gunshot wounds, scrapes, cuts, bruises, and road rash. They were rushed via ambulance to South Arkansas Regional Hospital, where they were both declared dead.
Primm said a closer investigation of the motorcycle crash raised suspicions it was intentional. "The 'accident' became a part of the crime scene. It did not appear to be accidental," Primm said.
"We know how it (the homicide) happened but we don't know why." Investigators remained at the scene until around 2.30am on Wednesday.
Multiple shell casings were found at the site and other evidence has also been submitted to the state crime lab for analysis, Primm said. Jaylen and Kinley's bodies have been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for medical examinations to determine the cause and manner of the deaths. Officers continued following up on leads at 5am on Wednesday.
By that afternoon, they had identified at least one person of interest. The investigation remains ongoing and no arrests have been made yet. Anyone with information about the case has been urged to contact the EL Dorado Police Department at 870-881-4800.
Kinley's heartbroken brother, Zane Hansen, has been left searching for answers. In a post on Facebook, he wrote: "Why..
.? that’s all I can ask. I sit here broken in a million pieces and all I can ask is why.
Why did they have to shoot you? "Why couldn’t they just leave you be? Why did you have to be on the back of that motorcycle at that exact time? Why wasn’t I there to help? Why did you leave me down here Kinley? "Why, why, why...
.The noise of silence I’m sitting in, is the loudest noise I’ve ever heard..
.Kinley wake me up from this dream..
...
" He wrote in another post: "Last night my beautiful sister was taken away from me and it has changed my life forever. I’m just a grieving brother who has no idea what to feel, think or do right now..
. Kinley just know bubba loves you with all of his heart and we will find the people who did this to you.".
