Man fleeing police badly injured in fall

A man who jumped off a downtown parking deck early Sunday while fleeing a Little Rock officer is in critical condition, police said Monday.

The officer tried to pull over a white 2007 Nissan Altima with a broken headlight near the intersection of Fourth and Spring streets shortly before 2 a.m., according to the report. The driver, later identified as Eugene Carl Boykins Jr., 35, of Pine Bluff, instead went up on the parking deck of Regions Bank, 400 W. Capitol Ave., the report said.

Boykins stopped on the second floor of the deck, got out of his vehicle and started toward the officer, the report stated.

Police said the officer directed Boykins to stop, but he didn’t, so the officer drew his weapon and again told him to stop.

Boykins then turned toward the rear end of his vehicle, and the officer slowly approached him, according to authorities, but the 35-year-old ran and jumped over the parking deck barrier. The officer reportedly grabbed him but was unable to hold on.

Boykins was given CPR and transported to UAMS Medical Center, where he was in critical but stable condition as of Monday morning, authorities said.

There were two women in the Altima at the time of the attempted traffic stop, and a loaded pistol was found under the driver’s seat, the report stated.