Police: Witnesses say AK-47 used in Monday shooting that wounded 15-year-old near high school

FILE - Little Rock Southwest High School is shown in this 2020 photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL)
FILE - Little Rock Southwest High School is shown in this 2020 photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL)

A shooting that occurred near Little Rock Southwest High School Monday involved what witnesses believed to be an AK-47, according to a Little Rock Police report.

The incident, which included up to six people -- with one being a Southwest student -- happened around 2:25 p.m.

According to the report, officers responded to a call about a shooting at Southwest High School. Upon arrival, they found a 2022 Toyota Corolla out front with three people in it. The driver had been shot.

Two of the three, including the injured driver, were 15. The third was Roberto Marquez Rangel, 18, of Little Rock.

The group told officers they had been at a pavilion at Morehart Park, roughly a mile south of Southwest High School.

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