EMPORIA (KSNT) - Emporia police say a Topeka man is under arrest following a shooting on Saturday night.
The Emporia Police Department (EPD) announced in a press release that officers were called around 11 p.m. on April 27 to the 700 block of State Street on a reported shooting. Officers arriving at the scene found the alleged shooter was barricaded in a building with several people inside.
Captain Lisa Hayes with the EPD says officers with the special response team issued a search warrant on the property and found one person with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. This individual was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The EPD arrested a 39-year-old Topeka man in the aftermath of the shooting. The department intends to propose the following charges in connection to this incident:
If you have any information to share with law enforcement regarding this incident, you can call 620-343-4219 for the EPD. You can also send anonymous tips to Lyon County Crime Stoppers at 620-342-2273 or click here.
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