LR man arrested for shooting date he met on Facebook

— The Lonoke County sheriff's office says a Little Rock man has been arrested in a shooting over the weekend outside Keo.

Harold Ray Moore, 20, was arrested about noon Monday by Little Rock police, authorities said.

According to a report, the Lonoke County sheriff's office responded to a call at 9:04 p.m. Saturday about a 20-year-old Little Rock woman who was shot in the leg on U.S. 165 north of Keo.

The victim said she had agreed to a date with Moore after meeting him on Facebook, and the date ended up on a farm road near U.S. 165, the report states.

Police said the victim accused Moore of assaulting her and shooting her twice in the left leg while in a parked vehicle.

The victim was treated at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock and released.

Authorities said Moore is being held at the Lonoke County jail pending a first-degree battery charge.

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Lonoke County sheriff's office

Harold Ray Moore, 20.

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