Rapper arrested on unrelated charges after Arkansas shooting

A rapper whose concert in Little Rock was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured was arrested early Sunday on unrelated assault charges while outside an Alabama club where he was performing just 24 hours later, and authorities said several firearms were recovered.

Ricky Hampton, 25, of Memphis, also known as Finese 2Tymes, was arrested on outstanding charges of aggravated assault with a gun out of Forrest City in eastern Arkansas, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Several firearms seized by federal authorities during Hampton’s arrest will be sent to a crime lab in Arkansas to determine whether they match shell casings found at the scene of the shooting early Saturday at the Power Ultra Lounge, said Little Rock police Lt. Steven McClanahan.

No arrests have been made in the shooting, in which 25 people between the ages of 16 and 35 suffered gunshot wounds, and three others were hurt afterward, McClanahan said.

A message posted on the rapper’s Facebook page Saturday offered thoughts and prayers for those injured: THE VIOLENCE IS NOT FOR THE CLUB PEOPLE.

State regulators suspended the club’s liquor license Saturday, and a representative for the landlord’s office later posted an eviction notice on a door to the club.