The Arkansas State Police is investigating a Friday night shooting involving a Cabot police officer, according to a news release from the state agency.
Cabot officers responded just before 10 p.m. to a call from a resident at 300 Chapel Ridge Road where Caleb Morrison, 31, was barricaded inside of the bathroom in his former girlfriend’s apartment, the release said.
Police said Morrison emerged from the bathroom brandishing a knife, and officers attempted to subdue him.
According to the release, Morrison began to stab himself as an officer fired a nonlethal round. Morrison then lunged toward an officer who also fired a round, the release said.
Morrison left the apartment through a window and was later apprehended by Cabot officers. He was taken to a Little Rock hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to the release.
At the request of the Cabot Police Department, special agents of the Arkansas State Police will be leading the investigation into the police shooting, the release said.
Cabot Police Department spokesman Sgt. Chris Reilly said the department would not releasing any further details about the case on Saturday night.
The names of the officers involved in the case were being withheld.