Armed robber hits LR discount store
Little Rock police were investigating an armed robbery of a Dollar General store Sunday.
Officers responded about 10:41 p.m. to the store, at 3500 John Barrow Road. Kimberly Coffman, a Dollar General employee, told police she had been taking chairs inside the store when a man described as black, 5-foot-4 and 140 pounds entered the business. The man had a silver handgun and demanded cash, according to a police incident report.
He took about $1,000 before running north on John Barrow Road, according to the report. No injuries were reported.
Police viewed surveillance footage of the robbery.
No arrests had been made late Monday.
Shooting victim,witness arrested
Little Rock police arrested a man on warrants Saturday after his friend was shot in an altercation with gang members.
Preston Hall, 35, initially told officers he'd been shot in the foot near 5204 Mabelvale Pike after approaching two men to "talk about Jesus Christ," according to a police incident report. His friend, Courtney Laster, 31, gave police a similar account of the shooting.
But after Hall received treatment at CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, he told police he'd been drinking and using drugs, and that he'd actually been shot when he and Laster got into an argument with Bloods gang members, according to the report.
Police found that both men had active arrest warrants. Hall had been wanted on theft and drug-related charges in Pulaski County, while Laster had been wanted on charges of failure to appear since December.
Hall was not listed on the Pulaski County jail roster late Monday. Laster was being held at the facility in lieu of bond.
No other arrests had been made in the case.
Mom's boyfriend shot, son sought
Police were seeking a man who shot his mother's boyfriend Saturday in Little Rock, according to a police report.
Officers responded about 11:55 p.m. to 1405 S. Elm St., the home of Ron West, 50. He had a gunshot wound that wasn't life-threatening. West was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center for treatment.
West told police he was with his girlfriend, Rhonda Aaron, 45, when her son, Brandon Aaron, 27, pulled up in a white Chevrolet Tahoe outside the home, according to a police incident report. The younger Aaron purportedly yelled, "You are going to stop putting your hands on my mother," then shot West.
Rhonda Aaron said she got in her son's vehicle as he drove away and asked him why he shot West, the report states. She exited the vehicle about a block away and walked back to the scene.
Further circumstances of the shooting were unclear.
No arrests had been made late Monday.
Man held up, says assailant known
A Little Rock man was robbed outside his workplace Saturday by an armed acquaintance he knows as "Cool J," police reported.
Matthew Milam, 22, told police he was counting money in a parking lot at 4600 W. Markham St. when about 10:13 p.m., a vehicle with tinted windows pulled up beside him. A man described as black, 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds jumped into Milam's vehicle and demanded money at gunpoint, according to a police incident report.
Milam recognized the robber and said, "Cool J, it's me," according to the report. The robber said he didn't care and again demanded cash.
Another man -- also described as black, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 145 pounds -- then walked toward Milam's vehicle and struck him in the mouth with a pistol, the report states.
The robbers took $50 cash, a bank card and Milam's driver's license. Milam declined medical treatment after driving to a nearby police station.
Police searched the area but made no arrests.
An investigation is ongoing.
Metro on 03/24/2015