A man has been arrested after an early shooting in Jonesboro that injured one, police said Wednesday afternoon.
Sally Smith, a spokeswoman for the Jonesboro Police Department, said that officers responded to a report of a shooting incident around 7:50 a.m. in the 2000 block of Johnson Avenue.
At the scene, police located a victim inside a vehicle that was taken to a local hospital to be treated for nonlife-threatening injury, Smith said.
"The victim was treated at the hospital and released," she said.
The identity of the victim was not immediately released.
31-year-old Marquawn Fletcher was arrested in connection with the incident after witnesses provided information and a description of a suspect, Smith said.
She said that Fletcher was facing charges of first-degree battery and discharging a firearm within city limits.
Fletcher is currently held in Craighead County jail, Smith said.
The investigation is ongoing.