Man hospitalized with bullet to back
Police are investigating after a man was shot in the back early Sunday at a Little Rock home.
According to a police report, Terry Beckton, 20, was shot at 1112 W. 13th St. about 3:40 a.m. Sunday. His injuries were not life-threatening.
Police responded to UAMS Medical Center and talked to Beckton's uncle, 51-year-old Bobbie Johnson of North Little Rock. Johnson told officers he was with Beckton inside the home when an unknown man stood up and shot Beckton with a gray and black semi-automatic pistol.
Beckton was uncooperative with police, according to the report.
The man who shot Beckton was described as a 22- to 25-year-old, 6-foot, 200-pound black man wearing a red shirt.
Man in moving car jumps out, is shot
A man jumped out of a moving car and was shot by the driver early Sunday during an attempted drug deal near Club Trois, Little Rock police reported.
Police responded to UAMS Medical Center about 5 a.m. and found that 27-year-old Danny Crook of Little Rock had been shot in the left thigh.
According to a police report, Crook was standing outside Club Trois, 4314 Asher Ave., with two other people when an unknown black man pulled up in a Chevrolet Malibu and asked them if they had marijuana. Crook said, "No," but told the man he had Xanax, according to the report.
Crook told police he got into the man's car. While driving, the man pulled out a gun, and Crook jumped out of the car and tried to run away, police reported.
The man shot Crook, then fled east toward Roosevelt Road, witnesses told police.
Police could not find a crime scene. The investigation is ongoing.
Metro on 02/23/2015