Driver claims motorist fired gunshots at car

Police are investigating a man’s claim that another driver fired gunshots at his car early Monday on West Sixth Street.

According to a report, an officer at the intersection of Sixth and Michigan streets saw two cars — a gray one and a white one — speeding east about 2:30 a.m. He activated his emergency lights and the gray vehicle began to slow, but the white car kept going and he pursued it.

When he stopped the white car in North Lawrence, the car’s passengers told him the driver of the gray car had fired gunshots at them as they passed. The car’s passengers were an 18-year-old Berryton man, two 19-year-olds from Topeka and an 18-year-old North Carolina man.

Police recovered a copper-jacketed lead bullet from the driver’s side door of the car but couldn’t find the gray vehicle, according to a report.

Bar fight ends in stabbing

Police arrested a 47-year-old Lawrence man for aggravated battery after he allegedly stabbed an acquaintance during a fight at the Cross Town Tavern, 1910 Haskell Ave.

The alleged stabbing happened shortly before midnight Friday, police said. When officers arrived, they found a 37-year-old Lawrence man on the floor holding a cloth against his midsection.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene and transported him to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. They arrested the suspect inside the bar. Police believe the weapon might have been a broken mug.

10-year-old injured in fall at aquatic center

A 10-year-old Eudora girl was injured Monday night at the Indoor Aquatic Center, 4706 Overland Drive, when she fell from a ladder.

The girl, whose name wasn’t released, was climbing the ladder to the 3-meter diving board when she lost her grip and fell 5 or 6 feet to the pavement, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical officials.

The girl was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by ambulance. There was no information available about her condition.

City meeting rescheduled

The Lawrence City Commission will not meet in its regular session tonight.

Sue Hack and David Schauner will be unable to attend the meeting, officials said, leaving only three commissioners available.

The meeting has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Friday at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Support group to meet

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, a support group for people coping with mental illness, will meet at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the first-floor conference room at the Community Health Facility, 200 Maine.

For more information, contact Charlie Ross at 842-0714 or charlieross@sbcglobal.net.