Police are investigating a case of shots fired after a 24-year-old man showed up at a west Salina restaurant parking lot with a gunshot wound in his leg.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that officers were called to Arby's, 510 South Broadway Boulevard at 10 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a man with a gunshot wound. When officers arrived, they found Tristen Howard, 24, of Salina, on the west side of the Arby's building, Forrester said. Howard had what appeared to be a gunshot wound in his left leg, Forrester said.
Howard told police that he was walking south from South Street to Dillons on West Crawford Street, in the area of the railroad track, when he heard two people arguing, Forrester said. Howard then said he heard five to six shots fired, one of which struck his leg, Forrester said.
Two independent witnesses, one calling from Hancock Street and one calling from Sherman Street, reported to police that they heard four to six gunshots at approximately the same time of the incident reported by Howard, Forrester explained.
Howard was transported to Salina Regional Health Center, Forrester said.