Arkansas authorities are investigating after law enforcement officers shot and injured a parolee who fired at them at a Little Rock motel.
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The Department of Corrections said officers with the Division of Community Correction were serving a warrant on the parolee at a motel on Bankhead Drive near the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport on Monday morning. The department said the parolee pulled a handgun and fired at the officers, who returned fire and shot him in the torso.
The parolee, who was not identified, was being treated at a Little Rock hospital. The department did not say what the parolee’s condition was.
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Police said none of the officers were injured. State Police are investigating the shooting.
The department said the parolee was a Level 3 sex offender who had warrants on charges of theft of property, possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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