Woman shot in foot in North Little Rock, police say; car stalled in Little Rock intersection

Little Rock police received a call Tuesday afternoon from a shooting victim whose car stalled at the intersection of Markham Street and University Avenue.
Little Rock police received a call Tuesday afternoon from a shooting victim whose car stalled at the intersection of Markham Street and University Avenue.

UPDATE:

A woman was shot in the foot in North Little Rock Tuesday and tried to drive to a hospital before her car stalled near a major intersection, a police spokesman said.

Little Rock police received a call about a stalled vehicle around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of University Avenue and Markham Street, and the caller said the woman in the car had been shot, Little Rock police spokesman officer Eric Barnes said.

Someone escorted the woman inside, where she told authorities she had been shot in North Little Rock, Barnes said.

North Little Rock police spokesman Sgt. Amy Cooper said the woman told detectives she had been shot in the McCain Boulevard area, though she could not specify a location.

The woman's injuries are not considered life-threatening, Cooper said.

– Clara Turnage

EARLIER:

A shooting victim found at a Little Rock intersection was shot in North Little Rock, police said.

Little Rock police received a call at about 2:50 p.m. from the victim, whose vehicle stalled at the intersection of Markham Street and University Avenue, a department spokesman said.

Police said the shooting appears to have taken place in North Little Rock.

The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was transported to an area hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound, authorities said.

– Josh Snyder

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