Man dies after being shot by officers in downtown Little Rock

Police investigate an officer-involved shooting Sunday morning in downtown Little Rock.
Police investigate an officer-involved shooting Sunday morning in downtown Little Rock.

2:40 P.M. UPDATE:

A man died Sunday after being shot by multiple officers in an alleyway near President Clinton Avenue, according to a news release from the Little Rock Police Department.

Police said the armed man ran away from them into an alley behind Ernie Biggs in downtown Little Rock, where he then turned toward them with a gun in his hand, “raising it as if to fire at the officers.”

Multiple police officers then shot the man and he fell, the release said.

MEMS transported the man to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to authorities.

The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, the release said.

The investigation is ongoing.

EARLIER:

Little Rock police shot a man Sunday morning in an alleyway off of President Clinton Avenue in downtown Little Rock, officials said.

The victim was transported by emergency medical personnel to UAMS Medical Center, where he was taken into surgery, Little Rock police Assistant Chief Alice Fulk said at the scene. She said the shooting victim's condition was unknown.

Fulk said police believe the officer-involved shooting occurred at around 2 a.m. and radio traffic related the shooting started at 2:06 a.m.

She said the incident began when two people contacted police in the River Market District to report that they had a confrontation with an armed man.

Officers found the man outside Ernie Biggs, a downtown bar, then followed him to an alleyway behind the bar where the shooting occurred, Fulk said.

There was a "confrontation" between police and the victim, and multiple officers fired their guns at the man, Fulk said.

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