A 43-year-old North Little Rock man was shot in the shoulder early Tuesday by a man who approached his SUV and asked for a light, Little Rock police said.
The shooting occurred about 3 a.m. at the intersection of Battery and 19th streets, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
The victim, Matthew Thompson, told investigators that he stopped at a stop sign when a man he didn't know approached his vehicle, according to the report.
Thompson told the man he didn't have a lighter, and the assailant then "made a quick movement as if reaching for something," the report said.
"Thompson sped off and as he was leaving heard 4-5 shots and felt a bullet strike his left shoulder," police wrote, noting Thompson drove himself to UAMS Medical Center.
The report didn't specify Thompson's condition, but it said he suffered a "major injury."
The shooter is described as a black man in his late teens to early 20s who weighed about 115 pounds and wore stone-washed bluejeans and a light-colored T-shirt.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
