DOUGLAS COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a shooting that sent a woman to the hospital over the. weekend in Lawrence.
Just before midnight on Saturday, a woman with a gunshot wound showed up at the hospital, according to a social media report from Lawrence Police.
The person who drove her left the car and took off on foot. Responding officers got a description of the man and quickly spotted him in Clinton Park, where he again took off. After a short foot chase, he was safely taken into custody in a parking lot near 6th and Maine.
The female victim was shot in the arm. Her injuries were not life-threatening. Detectives with LKPD’s Investigations Unit were called in to talk to the man and try to piece together events that led up to the shooting. Police released no additional details including possible charges in the case.