Shot, victim goesto police substation
A shooting victim hit in his upper torso showed up at a Little Rock police substation Monday evening, a department spokesman said.
According to an online dispatch log, a shooting in progress was reported from the department's Southwest Substation at 6401 Baseline Road, at 8:05 p.m.
The victim was transported by ambulance to a hospital, said police spokesman Richard Hilgeman.
Hilgeman said the victim was in stable condition Monday evening, and said there is no information on a shooter.
Police had not located a crime scene as of 8:30 p.m., he said. Police went to the location the victim said he was shot, Hilgeman said, but did not determine a crime scene.
Gunfire on Asher leaves several hurt
A shooting Monday in Little Rock left multiple people injured, police said.
Police spokesman Richard Hilgeman said the shooting took place in the 5100 block of Asher Avenue. Police received a call about a shooting victim at a hospital about 5:30 p.m.
No further details about the shooting were available Monday night.
'Buyer' pulls pistol,takes gun of seller
A man trying to sell a gun was robbed of the weapon at gunpoint in a Kroger parking lot Saturday night, Little Rock police said.
The 71-year-old victim was trying to sell a .38-caliber revolver and had placed an ad in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, a police report said. The robber responded to the ad and met the victim in the Kroger parking lot at 10300 Rodney Parham Road around 10:45 p.m.
The victim handed the gun, which police valued at $500, to the robber so he could inspect it. The robber then pulled out a different gun, a black Glock pistol, and pointed it at the victim, the report said.
"It's mine now," the robber reportedly said. "Don't follow me."
The robber, described as a black male who stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed about 150 pounds, then ran east. He was wearing a brown hoodie and black pants.
A 17-year-old suspect is listed on the report, though his name was redacted because he is a juvenile.
Police searched the area but hadn't made an arrest at the time of the report.
Robber takes $150 in woman's pocket
A woman told police a man took $150 from her pocket Friday night at a Little Rock convenience store.
A police report said the man got into her car at the Exxon gas station located at 612 E. Roosevelt Road around 7:30 p.m. After entering through the passenger side, he demanded money. He took the cash from her right hip pocket and three phone chargers that were in the car. The robber then left in a black sedan.
The 25-year-old woman told police the man went by the name "Three" and that she had his phone number. She didn't give the number to police.
Police said an officer later stopped a black sedan matching the description of the robber's getaway car, but the man inside it ran away and the officer couldn't identify him.
The robber was described as a black male who is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. The 18- to 25-year-old was wearing a white T-shirt, black jeans and black and red Air Jordan shoes.
Frustrated gunman takes leaf blower
Two Arkansans say a man tried to rob them of their wallets and then got angry and took a leaf blower instead, according to police.
Two 54-year-old men, one from Alexander and the other from Mabelvale, told police they were sitting in a white Chevrolet truck Friday morning in a parking lot of Relay Station, a bar located at 12225 Stagecoach Road.
The victims told police a blue Chevrolet Silverado pulled into the parking lot, and a man who had his face covered in a white rag got out of the car and approached them.
The victims said the man took out a brown, semi-automatic pistol and demanded their wallets, and they told him they did not carry wallets and only had $4 on them.
The assailant then got angry and took a leaf blower from one of the men before running back to his car and driving away, the victim told police.
The victim told Arkansas Online that he cleans the Relay Station parking lot some mornings, which is why he had the equipment with him.
Police searched the area but could not find the robber, who was described by the victims as a black man between 25 and 35 years old who weighed 170 pounds and stood 5 feet 8 inches tall.
McDonald's robber described as frail
An assailant described as frail robbed a McDonald's in Little Rock late Sunday, police say.
The robbery happened around 10:25 p.m. at the fast-food restaurant at 4111 S. University Ave., according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
A McDonald's employee told police that an unknown man entered the eatery and demanded "all the money."
The robber, with his face covered by a gray scarf, then struggled to pull out a silver handgun from his pullover sweatshirt before the employee fled to the back of the restaurant, the report noted.
Authorities said the assailant then held the gun in her face and demanded that she open the cash register.
The robber took an unknown amount of money before fleeing north though a nearby shopping center, according to police.
He was described as about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
2 chase after armed robber but lose him
A robber was chased by two people he had held at gunpoint near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock early Saturday, police said.
According to a police report, a 23-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl told officers someone named Damien approached them around midnight between a Bank of America branch and the Mexican Consulate, both of which are located on South University Avenue.
While holding a gun, the assailant demanded cash and asked, "Do you want to be shot by this gun?" the report said. The man handed over $120 while the girl refused to give him anything.
The robber then took off toward Colonel Glenn Road, the report said. His two victims chased after him to the Bradford Place Apartments at 6310 Colonel Glenn Road. That's where they reportedly lost sight of him.
Officers searched the area but couldn't find the man. The report described him as a black man who stood 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds. He was wearing a black coat and bluejeans.
Information for this report was provided by Ryan Taranelli of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Metro on 11/22/2016