Emergency responders load a man into an ambulance after Lawrence police were called to a shooting in the 100 block of East 19th Street, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The man was taken to a landing zone and airlifted to a nearby hospital.

One man was arrested after police say he shot another man Wednesday morning on East 19th Street.

The victim was flown to a Kansas City area trauma center with nonlife-threatening injuries, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley.

At 8:42 a.m. police received a call reporting a shooting at a home at 121 E. 19th St., said Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley. Two bicycle officers were in the area and quickly arrived on scene.

At the home police found a man in his early-to-mid 20s, shot once in the leg, McKinley said. Another man and woman, around the same age, were also present.

The victim, who was conscious and moving at the time, was loaded into an ambulance, covered only by a blanket.

The ambulance then drove the victim to an area near the intersection of 19th and Haskell streets, where he was loaded onto a helicopter.

Emergency responders load a man into an ambulance after Lawrence police were called to a shooting in the 100 block of East 19th Street, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The man was taken to a landing zone and airlifted to a nearby hospital.

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical personnel load a shooting victim into a helicopter near 19th and Haskell streets, Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

The remaining man and woman were handcuffed by police and escorted off the scene for questioning, McKinley said. All three people inside the home were known to each other, he noted.

Lisa Spears-Tenpenny, who lives less than a block away on Rhode Island Street, said she’s noticed police watching the East 19th Street home before. She woke up to hear raised voices coming from the house around 5 a.m. on Wednesday.

“They were getting really loud. I heard a girl’s voice and a couple of guys,” she said. “I heard a bunch of commotion. A lot. And I thought it was kind of rude because it was so early.”

Around 8 a.m. Spears-Tenpenny said she took her son to school and returned home, only to find dozens of police officers in her neighborhood shortly after.

Not knowing what happened at the home makes her nervous, especially taking her son into consideration, Spears-Tenpenny said.

McKinley said the two men had an “altercation” inside the home prior to the shooting on Wednesday morning.

After the man and woman were interviewed, the woman was released and the man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery and transported to the Douglas County Jail.

Late Wednesday, the jail booking log listed the arrested man as Evan William Skyler Thornton, 20, of Lawrence. He was being held without bond on suspicion of aggravated battery and aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon.

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