8:10 p.m.
A Little Rock man was arrested Friday afternoon, a day after police said he shot a 52-year-old man during an attempted robbery, a police spokesman said.
Little Rock police arrested Roosevelt Nelson, 35, on multiple charges after investigators said he critically wounded 52-year-old Johnny Davis during an attempted armed robbery at Church’s on 7621 Geyer Springs Road, according to a media release.
Officers responded at 7:15 p.m. Thursday to a call that a shooting had just occurred at the eatery, where Davis, an employee, had been shot in his torso, officer Eric Barnes said Thursday.
Barnes said Friday evening that Davis was still in critical condition at a local hospital.
Nelson was not listed in the Pulaski County jail Friday evening, and there was no arrest report yet filed at the jail.
The charges levied against Nelson have not yet been released, but a police report listed aggravated robbery, first-degree battery, theft of property and possession of firearms by certain persons as offenses.
— Clara Turnage
10:10 a.m.
Little Rock police are searching for a suspect in a shooting at a Church’s Chicken on Thursday night that seriously injured an employee.
Roosevelt Nelson, 35, is wanted in the shooting, which police believe started as an attempted robbery of the restaurant at 7621 Geyer Springs Road.
The employee, 52-year-old Johnny Davis, was initially in critical condition, but his condition was listed in serious in a report released Friday morning by police.
— Nyssa Kruse