No injuries reported after argument outside of bar leads to shooting in downtown Lawrence

Lawrence police say no one was hurt or killed during the 'chaotic situation' in downtown

Lawrence police say no one was hurt or killed during the 'chaotic situation' in downtown

ABOUT TO START AND WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY. WELL, RIGHT NOW IN LAWRENCE, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING AND HAPPENED ON A BUSY STRETCH DOWNTOWN JUST BEFORE 2 A.M. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT IT LEFT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNED. KMBC NINE’S PEYTON HEADLEE IS TRACKING CRIME IN LAWRENCE. IT WAS AN ARGUMENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OUTSIDE OF A BAR HERE ON MASS STREET THAT ENDED IN GUNFIRE, FOR IT’S A LITTLE UNSETTLING TO HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU LIVE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. FOR KU STUDENTS, IT’S SHOCKING TO HEAR OF A SHOOTING AFTER A BUSY SATURDAY NIGHT DOWNTOWN. I DID SEE A BUNCH OF COPS AROUND THE TRIANGLE. IT WAS SCARY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO GO THERE SOMETIMES. LAWRENCE POLICE DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS A CHAOTIC SITUATION WITH DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA. WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. POLICE SAY A WOMAN WAS PICKING UP HER BOYFRIEND FROM A BAR NEAR SEVENTH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AROUND 2 A.M. WHILE SHE WAS WAITING. A MAN SHE DIDN’T KNOW APPROACHED HER CAR, AND WHEN HER BOYFRIEND CAME OUT, THE TWO MEN GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. THE UNKNOWN MAN GOT INTO A SILVER SEDAN WITH SEVERAL OTHERS THAT SEDAN THEN HIT HER BOYFRIEND WITH THEIR BUMPER, FIRED AT LEAST FIVE SHOTS, AND THEN DROVE OFF. DEFINITELY SCARY. LIKE WE SAID, THERE’S BEEN KIND OF AN UPTICK IN THE VIOLENCE LATELY. THIS ALL COMES AMID AN INCREASE OF VIOLENCE IN THE AREA. THERE HAVE NOW BEEN THREE HOMICIDES IN LAWRENCE THIS YEAR THAT MATCHES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMICIDES FOR ALL OF 2023. HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE LAWRENCE IS A PRETTY SAFE PLACE, BUT THINGS HAPPEN. I FEEL LIKE THIS THE PAST FEW YEARS WHEN WE’VE BEEN HERE, I HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH LIKE THIS. OR IF THERE WERE STORIES, IT WAS THE UNCOMMON THING THAT HAPPENED. SO IT’S SCARY. THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE’VE HEARD THIS HAPPEN A FEW TIMES, AND POLICE SAID MANY OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE INTOXICATED AND UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO POLICE. STILL, THEY’RE GATHERING EVIDENCE AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. IN LAWRENCE, PEYTON HEADLEE KMBC NINE NEWS. AND AGAIN, NO ONE WAS HURT. WE C

No injuries reported after argument outside of bar leads to shooting in downtown Lawrence

Lawrence police say no one was hurt or killed during the 'chaotic situation' in downtown

Police are investigating a shooting that stemmed from an argument outside of a bar in downtown Lawrence overnight Saturday. According to the Lawrence Police Department, no one was hurt or killed in the late-night argument that happened around 2 a.m. in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.Officers working nearby responded to the scene after they heard gunshots.Lawrence police called the scene chaotic on Facebook in a post detailing the investigation.“It was a chaotic situation as dozens of people in the area scattered,” The post reads. The post goes on to say officers were able to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting quickly. A woman at the scene told the officers she had driven to the bar to pick up her boyfriend when an unknown man approached her car.When the woman’s boyfriend exited the bar, he saw the unidentified man, and the two began arguing.The unidentified man walked away and got into a silver sedan with several other people. The silver sedan they purposefully crashed into the woman's car before driving away.As the sedan drove away, someone inside the vehicle fire fired at least five shots.The woman’s boyfriend was hit by the sedan but did not suffer serious injuries. He left before speaking with the officers. Police say many others at the scene were intoxicated and unable to provide detailed information.Lawrence police say the investigation is ongoing as they review security video collected as evidence from the scene.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Police are investigating a shooting that stemmed from an argument outside of a bar in downtown Lawrence overnight Saturday.

According to the Lawrence Police Department, no one was hurt or killed in the late-night argument that happened around 2 a.m. in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.

Officers working nearby responded to the scene after they heard gunshots.

Lawrence police called the scene chaotic on Facebook in a post detailing the investigation.

“It was a chaotic situation as dozens of people in the area scattered,” The post reads.

The post goes on to say officers were able to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting quickly.

A woman at the scene told the officers she had driven to the bar to pick up her boyfriend when an unknown man approached her car.

When the woman’s boyfriend exited the bar, he saw the unidentified man, and the two began arguing.

The unidentified man walked away and got into a silver sedan with several other people. The silver sedan they purposefully crashed into the woman's car before driving away.

As the sedan drove away, someone inside the vehicle fire fired at least five shots.

The woman’s boyfriend was hit by the sedan but did not suffer serious injuries.

He left before speaking with the officers. Police say many others at the scene were intoxicated and unable to provide detailed information.

Lawrence police say the investigation is ongoing as they review security video collected as evidence from the scene.

No injuries reported after argument outside of bar leads to shooting in downtown Lawrence

Lawrence police say no one was hurt or killed during the 'chaotic situation' in downtown

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