Police are investigating an unlawful discharge of a firearm incident that occurred early Sunday morning in central Salina.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning that officers were dispatched to Casey's, 215 West Crawford Street, at 1:35 a.m. Sunday for the report of a disorderly subject who had allegedly discharged a firearm.
According to Forrester, employees from Caseys reported two white males were inside the store and began to have an argument. The two went out by the fuel pumps and the argument turned into a physical altercation, he noted. Several persons in the parking lot broke up the fight, Forrester added.
Forrester reported that one of the subjects began walking west. According to Forrester, the subject allegedly produced a black 9mm handgun and began firing shots into the air.
Forrester noted that officers located a total of six spent shell casings and two unfired rounds (9mm) in the Casey’s parking lot, in the 700 block of South Ninth Street, and in the parking lot of Trinity Lutheran Church, 702 South Ninth Street.
He noted that surveillance video from the area is being reviewed.