Lawrence Police investigating early-morning shooting

Posted: December 3, 2014 - 3:42am
Updated: December 3, 2014 - 3:11pm

Update:

Lawrence Police now say that 33-year-old, Demetris Reese of Lawrence accidentally shot himself early Wednesday.

Sergeant Trent McKinley tells Operation 100 News reporting partners at the Journal-World that, "Reese was arrested on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Wednesday after showing up at Lawrence Memorial Hospital around 3 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his leg."

Lawrence Journal-World report.

Original report:

Lawrence Police are investigating after a man with a gunshot wound showed up at Lawrence Memorial Hospital this morning.

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Police were called to LMH by hospital staff at 3 a.m. after a man with a single gunshot wound to the leg arrived in the emergency room.

The victim told officers that the shooting occurred in the parking lot of Allstars Gentlemen's Club, 913 North 2nd Street in North Lawrence, around 1:45 a.m.

Lawrence Police are investigating the incident and are still trying to determine where the shooting occurred.

No suspect information or any other details have been released.

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Man run over and dragged in Oct. 19 accident

Posted: October 19, 2012 - 1:47am
Updated: October 31, 2012 - 3:58am

Update:

A Lawrence Police accident report, obtained by the Lawrence Journal-World, says that, 22-year-old, Elbert Davis Jr., had fallen face-down on North Seventh Street, just north of Ash Street. Davis has medical issues and had been drinking alcohol before the fall.

About 1:30 a.m., a Dodge Stratus driven by Wade Briscoe, 21, of Lawrence, turned the corner on Ash Street and headed north on North Seventh Street. Briscoe ran over Davis, dragging him 56 feet.

Lawrence Police suspect Briscoe had been drinking alcohol, and administered tests. The results of those tests are pending and Briscoe has not been arrested or charged.

Davis was transported to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka, the Journal-World reports that an update on Davis' condition has not been available.

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Original Story:

Lawrence Police are investigating this morning after a subject was run over by a vehicle.

Police and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews were dispatched to the intersection of N 7th Street and Ash Street at 1:23 a.m. after a caller reported that a person was lying in the street when a vehicle "rolled over" the subject.

Medics reported finding one person in critical condition near the intersection and requested the availability of a LifeStar helicopter. Dispatchers reported that the helicopter was unavailable due to high winds.

The injured person, was transported to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka.

The vehicle which struck the person reportedly remained at the scene. No other details have been released.

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