By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man was taken into custody early Monday evening after a shot was reportedly fired in the parking lot of a south Salina store.
Officers were dispatched to Walmart, 2900 S. Ninth Street, at approximately 6:15 p.m. Monday for the report of a disturbance, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
Initially, two men got into an altercation inside the store. The dispute then moved to the parking lot, where one of the men, identified as Raymond Lawrence, 34, of Salina, allegedly fired a handgun into the air, at which point the other man, described only as a Black male, fled the scene, Forrester said.
Lawrence was found walking in the 2800 block of S. Ninth Street and was taken into custody, Forrester said. Lawrence had a .22 revolver in a holster on his belt.
Lawrence told police that the other man had cut in front of him in line at Walmart. Lawrence said that once the altercation moved to the parking lot, the other man punched him in the face. Lawrence had injuries to his face consistent with being punched, Forrester said. Lawrence told police that he fired the shot into the air in an attempt to summon help, Forrester added.
The other man has been identified and the police are looking for him, Forrester said.