No suspect found in home after shooting in North Little Rock; child inside safe

Police on scene of a reported standoff after a shooting Saturday in North Little Rock.
Police on scene of a reported standoff after a shooting Saturday in North Little Rock.

UPDATE:

North Little Rock police reported about 8:40 p.m. that officers entered a house where a suspect in a shooting was believed to be and found he was not inside.

A child who was in the residence was found to be uninjured.

North Little Rock Sgt. Bran Dedrick said authorities do not know where the man fled. He said officers were searching for him.

UPDATE:

A 1-year-old child who had been in a residence with a suspected shooter during a standoff with authorities is now safely out of the home, police said.

The North Little Rock Police Department said in a statement that the child was back with his mother after being evaluated by medical personnel.

Police were reportedly searching the home to see if the suspect was still inside.

EARLIER:

A police standoff is underway in North Little Rock after one person was shot in a domestic disturbance Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Department spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedrick said the shooting occurred about 6 p.m. at a residence at 5822 MacArthur Drive west of Parkway Drive.

They found a man shot at a Valero gas station nearby at MacArthur Drive and Military Drive. The man, who police had not named late Saturday, was taken to UAMS Medical Center with life-threatening injures.

Dedrick said special weapons and tactics officers, along with negotiators, were called to the home when police learned the suspected shooter was still inside with a one-year-old child.

The man refused to surrender and a standoff began, according to Dedrick.

Police cordoned off the area surrounding the home.

Numerous tactical officers were called to the scene.

Check back for updates and read Sunday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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