A man was shot and wounded by a North Little Rock police officer at the end of a foot chase early Sunday that followed report of a man being seen beating a woman in a car in an alley between 18th and 19th streets.

Officer Vincent Thornton has been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is reviewed.

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