Report of rape followed by attack on suspect

Lawrence police arrested a 51-year-old Lawrence man under suspicion of a reported rape that occurred Sunday morning.

The man was accused by a 39-year-old Lawrence resident of raping her at knifepoint early Sunday morning at a common residence in northwest Lawrence.

Police found the suspect after he called 911 to report that three men were attacking him Monday afternoon.

The suspect called police to Sixth and Michigan streets after he fled the three men. He reported the men battered him and tried to restrain him.

One of the men, a 24-year-old, went to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a laceration on his arm after the suspect allegedly stabbed him with a knife.

Kim Murphree, spokeswoman for the Lawrence police department, said that one of the men who attacked the suspect was related to the alleged rape victim.

She added that police were not speculating on the motive for the attack on the suspect and said police continued to investigate whether the two incidents were related.

The suspect was taken into custody while none of the three men involved in the attack on the suspect were arrested.