A man was wounded early Thursday in an officer-involved shooting near a Little Rock church, authorities said.
Police were called around 12:15 a.m. to an apartment complex at 5201 Geyer Springs Road for a report of a rape and a stabbing, said Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner, speaking to reporters at the scene.
Officers arrived and spoke with witnesses and the victim, he said. One suspect in the assault was taken into custody and a second suspect was reportedly hiding behind the Geyer Springs Church of Christ, located across the street from the apartment complex, he said.
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Buckner said police went to the area and told the man, who was hiding in the dark, to come out with his hands up. He said the man came out from the dark in a "shooting stance" and two officers fired their weapons.
The man was hit multiple times, and emergency medical personnel took him to a local hospital for treatment, he said. Buckner reported that the man is in critical condition but is expected to live. It was unclear Thursday morning if the man was armed during the incident.
The assault victim was also taken to a local hospital, police said.
The two officers involved in the shooting are on administrative leave. A police spokesman said the officers involved in the shooting were on regular patrol, and were not working a mandatory overtime detail announced last month to help curb the city's violent crime.
Read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
