By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Police are investigating an attempted aggravated robbery at a north Salina travel center late Tuesday night.
Officers were sent to the Pilot Travel Center, 1944 N. Ninth Street, just before 11 p.m. Tuesday. A 56-year-old Salina man told officers that he was playing a video game at the travel center when a white male approached him and began to watch him play, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning.
The Salina man told police that the man left the game room and went to move his vehicle, backing it into a parking stall. He then returned to the game room and, at some point, pulled out what was described as a silver handgun, pointed it at the Salina man, and demanded money. According to Forrester, the Salina man charged the man with the gun and a physical altercation ensued. The man with the gun then fled to his vehicle and left the area.
The vehicle was described as possibly being a silver Nissan.
The Salina man was not injured in the fray, Forrester noted.
Surveillance video is being reviewed.