Police responded Saturday afternoon to a report of a shot fired at a southwest Salina hotel.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that a guest at the Fairfield Inn and Suites, 2455 Virginia, on Saturday reported to the front desk that an electrical outlet in his room had exploded. When staff went into the room to investigate, they found what appeared to be a bullet hole in the wall and called police, Forrester said.
As officers were entering the room, they observed three subjects exiting an adjacent room where the shot appeared to have originated, he said. Officers detained the three and while police were clearing the adjacent room, they observed in-view marijuana and a bullet hole, Forrester said.
The three subjects, Juan Whitaker, Jr., 19, of Salina, an 18-year-old female, and a 15-year-old male were taken to the Salina Police Department for questioning, Forrester said.
After an investigation of the shooting incident was conducted, Whitaker was arrested on suspicion of the following, Forrester said.
Criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling
Possession of marijuana
Possession of paraphernalia
Endangering a child