Teens to be charged as adults in shooting of 58-year-old man, Little Rock police say

Little Rock police say two teenagers will be charged as adults after a 58-year-old man was shot during a robbery Saturday morning.

Lt. Michael Ford said it happened at 905 Lewis St., a few blocks from Interstate 30, around 8:40 a.m.

The teenagers, identified by police as Ja’keim Grant, 16, and Jaheim Macon, 15, approached a man later identified as Kevin Wilson and shot him in the abdomen, authorities said.

Wilson was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening, Ford said.

Grant and Macon were reportedly arrested at 1310 Washington St. around 10:10 a.m. Ford said they would be booked at Pulaski County jail on charges of first-degree battery and aggravated robbery.

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