Roommate charged in machete attack
A Little Rock man was arrested early Friday after his roommate was cut with a machete, police said.
Shortly after 3 a.m., Charles Lee Johnson was chasing his roommate around with a knife in their home on Bragg Street, according to an arrest report from the Little Rock Police Department.
Johnson, 46, then grabbed a machete and cut his roommate on his left hand, the report said.
Johnson was charged with aggravated assault and second-degree domestic battery.
He was being held without bail Friday at the Pulaski County jail.
NLR police say man shot in shoulder
A man was shot in the shoulder in North Little Rock on Thursday evening, police said.
The shooting happened at 4621 Puckett St. about 8:15 p.m., North Little Rock Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedrick said.
The victim was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center-Springhill. His injuries were not life-threatening, Dedrick said.
Further details were not available Friday.
Metro on 10/07/2017