Lawrence police officers seized a 9-mm handgun early Sunday morning from a vehicle that was parked in the 1000 block of New Hampshire Street. Sarna said officers on foot patrol were checking vehicles when they observed the gun on the front floor board of a white Chevrolet.

Officers talked to the vehicle’s owner and a 19-year-old Manhattan resident who said the gun was his. Police did not arrest anyone but seized the gun and forwarded a copy of the report to prosecutors, who will make a decision about charges.