The Little Rock city worker who was seriously wounded Friday morning was shot while riding in a pickup truck on the job, according to a statement from Mayor Frank Scott Jr.
Police previously said that the victim, who worked in the city's Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs, was shot shortly before 10:18 a.m.
That's when officers say they arrived at the intersection of Charles Bussey Avenue and Elm Street following the reported shooting.
The victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, police said.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was in a pickup with another city worker in the area when someone shot at them, hitting the vehicle and wounding one of them, Scott wrote in a statement late Friday.
The victim was working as part of the department’s special projects street team when he was shot, said Lisa King, administrative assistant to department director Kevin Howard. Howard was out of the office Friday.
"It’s impossible for me to adequately express my frustration and anger at this senseless gun violence in which a city employee was seriously hurt," Scott wrote. "He was doing nothing more than his job this morning when he became a victim of a gun crime."
The mayor also called on the city's residents to come together and seek "new and better" solutions to gun crime in the city.
"There are too many guns on our streets and too many people who incorrectly think violence is the way to solve a problem," he wrote in the statement.
1:14 p.m.: Little Rock city worker shot, critically wounded
A Little Rock city worker was shot and critically injured Friday morning while on the job, police and city officials said.
Officers responded to a shooting near the intersection of Charles Bussey Avenue and Elm Street around 10:18 a.m., according to a news release from Little Rock police.
One person had been shot and was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, the release stated. Authorities have determined that the victim works for the city's Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs.
The victim was not identified in the news release.
The employee, a man, had been working with the department's special projects street team when he was shot, said Lisa King, administrative assistant to department director Kevin Howard. Howard was out of the office Friday.
That team typically works to maintain infrastructure such as ditches and also mows or weeds vacant lots, King said.
Police spokesperson Mark Edwards said that the investigation was still trying to nail down details of the incident and that he hoped to be able to provide more information later on Friday.