By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
A bullet shot through one victim and struck another early Saturday morning during a domestic disturbance in town.
Salina Police Department officers reported at 2:26 a.m. to the 500 block of Moon Drive for a dispute between 30-year-old Salina resident Victor Phanthakeo and one of his family members.
According to SPD Capt. James Feldman, while Phanthakeo and one of the victims argued, which escalated, causing a second victim to step in to try and calm the situation.
Phanthakeo allegedly shot a 40-caliber handgun, which struck the first 26-year-old victim in the lower abdomen, traveled through, and hit the second 25-year-old victim in the arm.
"The victim who got shot in the abdomen took off running," Feldman said. "He was later taken by a family member to the hospital."
Feldman said when officers arrived at the residence, they found and arrested Phanthakeo for attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery.
Both victims sought treatment at Salina Regional Health Center later that day. According to Feldman, the victim with the abdomen wound will quickly recover from the gunshot.
No life-threatening injuries," Feldman said. "He got very lucky — they were kind of minor injuries for a gunshot wound."