A Topeka man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery and aggravated burglary after an incident Sunday afternoon at a Salina motel.
Officers were sent to the Airliner Motel, 781 North Broadway Boulevard, at 4:30 p.m. Sunday for the report of a shooting, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. When they arrived, they were informed that persons who had occupied room 25 had left in a black Ford Mustang, he said.
An officer located the car headed southbound in the 300 block of North Ninth Street and pulled it over, Forrester explained. Inside were a 34-year-old Assaria woman and a 23-year-old Salina woman who had been shot in her back in the shoulder area, he explained. Her injury was non-life-threatening, he added.
The women reported that someone knocked on the door of the motel room. When the door was opened, an approximately 5'7" male was in the doorway and allegedly fired two shots into the room, one of which struck the Salina woman, Forrester said. The man then fled, he added.
Several witnesses described the man as wearing a white shirt and brown or maroon shorts, Forrester said. An officer in the area located the subject coming out of an alley in the 600 block of North 12th Street, he said.
The man, identified as Michael Haffner, 33, of Topeka, was arrested on the following requested charges, Forrester said.
Aggravated battery
Aggravated burglary
According to Forrester, two 22 caliber shell casings were found at the scene.
The case remains under investigation, he said.