Police beat

2 stabbed in NLR; man, 37, arrested

Two people were stabbed Thursday morning in an attack that left blood “all over the living room” of a North Little Rock home, according to a Pulaski County sheriff’s office incident report.

Deputies responded about 7:15 a.m. to a home at 1404 Wooten Road, where Willie Walton Jr. and Donna Russell had been stabbed with a knife. Walton, 40, was sitting on a sofa with blood on his head, hands, chest and feet when deputies arrived. He had wounds on his head and forearm, and appeared to be in shock, deputies reported. He received treatment at the scene.

Russell, 34, was hospitalized. Her condition was unknown late Thursday. Details on her injuries were unavailable.

Walton told investigators that his friend Brandon Knight, who is Russell’s boyfriend, had attacked them. Witnesses said that Knight had a “bad look on his face, like he was out of it,” the report says. Further circumstances of the attack were unclear.

Deputies recovered a knife reportedly used in the attack.

Knight, 37, was found hiding in a wooded area near the home, deputies reported. He was arrested and charged with burglary and two counts of second-degree battery.

Knight was being held in lieu of bond at the Pulaski County jail late Thursday.

1 hospitalized in truck-stop gunfire

An argument between three people pumping gas at a Little Rock truck stop led to gunfire Wednesday, police reported.

Officers responded shortly after 5 p.m. to Love’s Travel Stop at 11700 Interstate 30, where the occupants of two vehicles at adjacent gas pumps had been in a verbal altercation. The driver of a gold-colored Pontiac Grand Prix pulled a gun and began shooting, striking 22-year-old Chance Kumpe in the back as he ran away.

Kumpe was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center for treatment. His condition was unknown late Thursday. A passenger in Kumpe’s car who was involved in the argument, 19-year-old Dalton Reynolds, was not injured.

Witnesses told investigators that the shooter fled in an unknown direction on Otter Creek Parkway, according to a police incident report. The suspect is described as black, male and between the ages of 16 and 19. The suspect was described as standing 5-foot-7 and weighing 140 pounds.

Police recovered a semi-automatic handgun and several bullet casings from the scene. They requested surveillance footage from the truck stop, but were told there were no security cameras in the area of the gas pumps.

An investigation is ongoing.

Police say couple had pound of ‘pot’

A husband and wife were arrested at their North Little Rock home Thursday after police found about 1 pound of marijuana inside, according to an arrest report.

Police also reported finding unspecified drug paraphernalia in the home at 5610 Applewood Drive, where officers had executed a search warrant about 3:15 p.m.

Brandon and Claudia White, both 32 years old, were each charged with delivering, possessing or manufacturing drug paraphernalia or a controlled substance and maintaining a drug premises near a drug-free zone.

Brandon White told investigators that the marijuana belonged to him, according to the report. He was additionally charged with manufacturing, delivering or possessing marijuana.

The two were each being held in lieu of a $15,000 bond at the Pulaski County jail late Thursday.