In the early morning hours of February 26, 2022, the quiet of a Little Rock, Arkansas neighborhood was shattered by violence. Inside a residence in the 2100 block of Scotty Court, a tragic scene unfolded that would claim the lives of two people. Responding to a report of a shooting at approximately 4:34 a.m., police officers made a grim discovery in an upstairs bedroom. There, they found 38-year-old Eric Rounds and a woman, Martina Edmondson, 36, both suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Medical responders were summoned to the home, but it was too late. Both Rounds and Edmondson were pronounced deceased at the scene, their lives cut short in a senseless act. The Little Rock Police Department's Homicide Detectives and Crime Scene Search Unit immediately began an intensive investigation into the double homicide. Witnesses were transported to the Major Crimes Division for interviews as investigators worked to piece together the events that led to the shooting.
The investigation quickly pointed toward a suspect. Authorities identified 42-year-old Mark Mosley in connection with the deaths of Rounds and Edmondson. Mosley was taken into custody and subsequently charged with two counts of capital murder. The bodies of Eric Rounds and Martina Edmondson were transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsies to officially determine the cause and manner of their deaths.
