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Warrant issued for suspect in UALR shooting Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Investigators obtained an arrest warrant Friday for a suspect in the shooting of a student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Police suspect Michael Jones Jr. in the daylight shooting of James Earl Matthews, who sustained gunshot wounds in the lower abdomen and upper buttocks on a campus sidewalk. Matthews was recovering Friday after undergoing surgery at a Little Rock hospital after the shooting, university officials said. The warrant accuses Jones, age and address unknown, of aggravated robbery and first-degree battery. He was still at large Friday afternoon. Matthews, 33, is a junior at UALR studying radio, television and theater. Jones is not a student at the university, UALR spokeswoman Joan Duffy said. Jones has a criminal record in Little Rock, UALR Police Chief Brad King told The Associated Press. Witnesses told police two people fled the campus in a gold car immediately after the shooting. Duffy said the identity of the second suspect was still unknown Friday. King said Thursday the shooting "was not a random event." Campus police have not discussed a possible motive for the attack. Within minutes of the shooting, phone alerts were sent to about 1,400 students, staff and faculty and e-mail alerts were sent to about 8,000 students, staff and faculty in the first emergency use of the university's three-month-old campus alert system. University officials said they will review the system's performance and correct problems that caused some not to receive alerts. Classes at the university were canceled Wednesday night but went ahead as scheduled Thursday and Friday. |
