Police have three suspects in BB gun shootings

Lawrence Police say they have have three teen-aged suspects in an apparent BB gun shooting spree overnight that damaged windows of at least two businesses and 21 vehicles throughout Lawrence.

Police located the suspects — an 18-year-old male and a male and a female who are both 17, all from the Lawrence area — after their vehicle struck a utility pole shortly before midnight Monday near Monterey Way and Peterson Road, according to Sgt. Mike Pattrick, a police spokesman.

Officers who responded to the accident found a BB gun inside the vehicle, Pattrick said. However, the suspects have not been arrested, he said.


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