Shot hitting quarry, bondsman charged
An Arkansas bondsman was booked into jail early Thursday morning after he tried to take someone into custody and his gun discharged, the bullet breaking the man's arm, police said.
North Little Rock police were called to an address in the 4600 block of East Broadway and found a man who had been shot in the arm, according to a report. At the scene, 53-year-old Rick McKinney of Little Rock told police he accidentally shot the victim, the report said.
Police said they learned that McKinney is a bondsman with First Stop Bail Bonds and was attempting to take the man into custody on felony warrants. The pair engaged in a struggle, and McKinney's weapon went off, police said.
The bullet hit the victim in the forearm and broke a bone, the report said.
McKinney was arrested on a charge of second-degree battery and booked into Pulaski County jail around 1:40 a.m. without bail. The man McKinney reportedly tried to take into custody was not listed on the online inmate roster.
Giving a lift in LR, 2 brothers stabbed
Two Benton residents were stabbed early Thursday after agreeing to give someone a ride in Little Rock, according to police.
Little Rock police were called around 3:15 a.m. to 23rd and Tyler streets regarding a cutting that had just occurred, a report stated.
Two victims -- 31-year-old Harold Johnson and his 28-year-old brother Brandon Johnson -- were found sitting on the front porch of the address, authorities said.
Harold Johnson told officers that he, his brother and his brother's girlfriend had been driving in the area of the Electric Cowboy off Interstate 30 when they agreed to give someone a ride.
While taking the person to the area of 23rd and Tyler streets, the person they'd picked up stabbed Brandon Johnson with a knife "for no apparent reason," at which point, Harold Johnson attempted to intervene but also got stabbed, police said.
Metro on 03/17/2017