Kansas University shooting guard J.R. Giddens was cut by a knife in a fight early this morning in the parking lot of the Moon Bar, 821 Iowa.

Lawrence police said Giddens was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for a laceration to his leg. The wound was characterized as not life-threatening.

Giddens was one of at least six persons injured in the altercation, which happened about 2:20 a.m. today.

Reached this morning by the Journal-World, KU men’s basketball coach Bill Self said he would have no comment until he obtained more information on the incident.

Police Sgt. Dan Ward said a 24-year-old Olathe man suffered head injuries. Giddens and four other men were injured by a four-inch folding knife wielded by the Olathe man. Four of those cut, including Giddens, were from Lawrence and one man from Topeka also was cut.

“Some of these individuals that were cut were possibly trying to break up a fight,” Ward said. “Some of them were possibly involved in the fight. And that’s what we’re trying to determine conclusively.”

Nathan Clark was working the front desk at Quality Inn, 801 Iowa, and overheard the melee. At first, he thought it was just an ordinary night outside the Moon Bar, which he said is a frequent source of disturbances.

He said the hotel loses repeat business because of the noise at closing time, which he said involves young people jumping on cars, “throwing bottles and blaring music.”

“It wasn’t that uncommon because we get a lot of trouble from that bar,” he said.

Clark said he learned it was a fight involving injuries when a man with blood on his shirt came in the hotel and asked if he could use the bathroom

Ward said there had been no arrests yet but that when the investigation was complete a report would be forwarded to the district attorney.

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