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LR report says shots fired as man ranted, broke glass

Police have identified those involved in a police shooting that injured a suspected intruder at a west Little Rock apartment complex Tuesday morning.

According to a police news release, off-duty officer Brian Osmundson, 32, used his police radio about 10:30 a.m. to tell authorities that someone was beating on the door of his apartment, at 420 Markham Mesa Place in west Little Rock. He said the person had broke a window and was trying gain entrance to the apartment and he fired several shots at the person.

According to a police report, Osmundson said the intruder was hit twice.

Responders arrived to find Osmundson aiding a man later identified as 23-yearold Cartiar Warner, who was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. According to the news release, Warner kept telling officers that his name was “God.”

Warner was in the hospital under police guard as of Wednesday morning, according to the department. Charges against him are pending his release from hospital and the results of the investigation.

Osmundson, who has been a Little Rock police officer since 2012, has been placed on administrative leave, in compliance with department policy. In September, Osmundson was cleared in the March 2017 fatal shooting of a Little Rock man in the River Market District. Fellow officer Samuel Hill, 45, also was cleared.

Michael Hornibrook, 54, died after he was shot by Osmundson and Hill behind the downtown bar Ernie Biggs, authorities said. Police said two the officers fired at Hornibrook after he reportedly

raised a pistol toward them.

Osmundson and Hill told investigators that after a witness reported that Hornibrook had pointed a pistol at him, they tried to stop Hornibrook.

Police said both officers were chasing Hornibrook in the alley when Hornibrook stopped and turned toward officers with a pistol in his hand, “raising it as if to fire at the officers,” according to a statement from the department.

Both officers then fired at Hornibrook, according to a police report.

No charges have been filed in the Tuesday shooting, and the investigation is ongoing.

Tuesday’s shooting was the first officer-involved shooting in Little Rock this year. Last year, the city had six police shootings.

The latest of those six came in October when officer Brittany Gunn fatally shot James Hartsfield as he sped toward a brick wall outside the Prospect Building at 1501 N. University Ave, according to police.

The vehicle crashed through the wall and landed on North University Avenue, police said. Hartsfield, who had been shot multiple times, died at the scene. John Johnson, chief deputy prosecutor for Pulaski County, said Tuesday that the prosecuting attorney’s office is reviewing the case file.