Uh-Oh, Troubles on the Horizon? from the Ark. Democrat-Gazette
Two injured in shootings 6 minutes, 7 blocks apart
BY DANIEL NASAW ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Two shootings that occurred within seven blocks and six minutes of each other early Thursday morning aren’t related, police said. The shootings, which left one man in serious condition with a bullet wound in his head and another man shot in the leg and arm, come on the heels of more than half a dozen shootings this month, including two killings.
On Thursday detectives were looking for the people who shot Glen Jackson, 48, as he slept in his car in a yard behind 4300 W. 29th St. about 1:30 a.m. and then Torian Porter, 23, near 22nd and Abigail streets six minutes later.
Jackson told police he was awakened by the shots that struck him twice in the lower right leg and once in the upper left arm. He ran to a gas station on Asher Avenue and called 911.
Officers investigating that shooting heard several more shots near 4300 W. 22nd St. There they found Porter slumped over the passenger seat of a maroon Buick with a bullet wound in his head. The rear windshield of the car had been shot out.
Witnesses to the second shooting told police that they saw four men run into a house at 4310 W. 17th St. For three and a half hours, the department’s Special Weapons and Tactics team tried unsuccessfully to talk the four men out, then fired tear gas into the house and detained the four men as they ran outside, police said.
The four were questioned by detectives and then were released.
Porter was in serious condition Thursday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center, said spokesman Jerri Jackson.
Glen Jackson’s condition was unavailable, but emergency medical workers who took him to UAMS told police that his injuries weren’t life-threatening.
Detectives say they are increasing patrols in central Little Rock, which has seen most of the unsolved shootings this month. "The residents in the area are concerned," police spokesman Cassandra Davis said. "Officers will maintain a visible presence in the area, both to deter crime and so residents will know they’re safe."
On June 15, a man shot and killed Jesse James Howard, 33, as they were driving from a convenience store near 15th and Booker streets. A woman in the car at
BY DANIEL NASAW ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Two shootings that occurred within seven blocks and six minutes of each other early Thursday morning aren’t related, police said. The shootings, which left one man in serious condition with a bullet wound in his head and another man shot in the leg and arm, come on the heels of more than half a dozen shootings this month, including two killings.
On Thursday detectives were looking for the people who shot Glen Jackson, 48, as he slept in his car in a yard behind 4300 W. 29th St. about 1:30 a.m. and then Torian Porter, 23, near 22nd and Abigail streets six minutes later.
Jackson told police he was awakened by the shots that struck him twice in the lower right leg and once in the upper left arm. He ran to a gas station on Asher Avenue and called 911.
Officers investigating that shooting heard several more shots near 4300 W. 22nd St. There they found Porter slumped over the passenger seat of a maroon Buick with a bullet wound in his head. The rear windshield of the car had been shot out.
Witnesses to the second shooting told police that they saw four men run into a house at 4310 W. 17th St. For three and a half hours, the department’s Special Weapons and Tactics team tried unsuccessfully to talk the four men out, then fired tear gas into the house and detained the four men as they ran outside, police said.
The four were questioned by detectives and then were released.
Porter was in serious condition Thursday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center, said spokesman Jerri Jackson.
Glen Jackson’s condition was unavailable, but emergency medical workers who took him to UAMS told police that his injuries weren’t life-threatening.
Detectives say they are increasing patrols in central Little Rock, which has seen most of the unsolved shootings this month. "The residents in the area are concerned," police spokesman Cassandra Davis said. "Officers will maintain a visible presence in the area, both to deter crime and so residents will know they’re safe."
On June 15, a man shot and killed Jesse James Howard, 33, as they were driving from a convenience store near 15th and Booker streets. A woman in the car at
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