A Salina man ended up in the emergency room after allegedly not giving an acquaintance a ride.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that officers were called to Salina Regional Health Center at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday for the report of a man who allegedly had been struck on the head with a handgun.
The 35-year-old man told officers that he was in his apartment at 2140 East Crawford Street when an acquaintance knocked on the door, Forrester said. The man said he didn't answer the door because he knew the acquaintance would ask for a ride, as he had provided him one before, Forrester explained. The second time the acquaintance knocked, the man answered the door and told the acquaintance that he would not give him a ride, he said.
The acquaintance pulled out a black handgun and pointed it at the man's head. He then struck the man's head with the handgun, causing a laceration, Forrester said. The man fell backward onto the couch and was struck on a knee, he added. The man's brother then came out of his bedroom and left with the acquaintance, Forrester said.
No arrest has yet been made in the case.