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No one was injured Monday morning when gunfire struck a Little Rock home with six minors inside, authorities said. The shooting happened about 3:30 a.m. at a residence in the 7000 block of Lancaster Road, according to a Little Rock Police Department report. A 34-year-old woman told officers she awoke to the sound of gunshots and saw debris from a round being fired into her bedroom. The report states that two rounds entered into the upstairs portion of the house and one into the ground level. Three rounds hit the brick exterior and did not enter the home. Police wrote that a 5-year-old, a 7-year-old, an 8-year-old, a 13-year old and two 16-year-olds were in the house at the time of the shooting. Occupants told officers they saw multiple males leave the scene in a silver Toyota Tacoma. No suspects have been named, and no arrests had been made at the time of the report. … [Read more...] about Shots fired into Little Rock home while 6 youths inside, authorities say

Police on Wednesday released more information regarding a suspected robbery-turned-shooting outside a Little Rock apartment that left a man critically hurt. Officers were called shortly before 6:35 p.m. Tuesday to West Wood apartments, 9 Nandina Circle, in reference to a disturbance with a weapon, according to a report from the city’s Police Department. Edricus Drains, 37, of Little Rock told police that as he pulled up to his apartment, he saw three people acting suspicious nearby and placed a firearm into his pocket. Drains said that someone, identified in the report as 30-year-old Tony Robinson of Little Rock, began assaulting him and reaching into his pockets as he got out his truck. Robinson grabbed Drains’ firearm, at which point a fight began over the weapon, police said. According to the report, Drains fired up to three rounds at Robinson initially before firing four more rounds when Robinson refused to let go of the weapon. Drains then ran to the complex’s … [Read more...] about Little Rock police: Man says he fired up to 7 times at suspected robber

Little Rock police said a robber pepper-sprayed a central Arkansas man before stealing his gun and some ammunition Tuesday night in a Walgreens parking lot. The 50-year-old victim told officers he had met the individual on a website called Gun Trader, and the person, whom he knew as "Jarod," had shown interest in purchasing his handgun. When the two met at 9 p.m. at the pharmacy at 3901 W. Markham St. in Little Rock, the gun owner let the would-be buyer into his car and handed him the firearm to examine, according to a report from the city's Police Department. The report states the assailant then pepper-sprayed the Mayflower man in the face and took off with the $400 handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition, worth $30. Police wrote that the victim followed the robber, who fled south on Cedar Street, but was unable to find him. The suspect was described as a white male who stands 6 feet tall and weighs 170 pounds. No arrest had been made at the time of the report. … [Read more...] about Robbed of gun, pepper-sprayed in face, man tells Little Rock police