photo by: KU Athletics

University of Kansas football players Tanaka Scott, left, and Trevor Wilson, right.

Two KU football players were charged with aggravated assault after allegedly confronting a man with handguns, but the case against one of the players was dismissed Friday afternoon in Douglas County District Court.

Trevor L. Wilson, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla., was formally charged Friday with one count of aggravated assault with a handgun, a low-level felony, and his own-recognizance bond was set at $5,000. But the court dismissed the case against the other player, Tanaka Artisma Scott Jr., 20, of Lawrence, for lack of probable cause.

Wilson, represented by attorney Dakota Loomis, appeared in court Friday via Zoom from the Douglas County Jail. The prosecutor asked for his bond to be set at $25,000, but Judge Blake Glover ordered the $5,000 bond instead.

As previously reported by the Journal-World, the charges stemmed from an incident on Thursday afternoon where both men were alleged to have threatened a man with separate guns from different vehicles while driving.

Police responded to the call around 11:30 a.m. at the QuikTrip on the northeast corner of 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue. When police arrived, the witness described two men, one in a red Dodge Charger and the other in an orange Dodge Challenger, pulling up next to him as he was sitting in traffic southbound on Haskell Avenue, Lawrence Police Department spokesperson Laura McCabe said.

The witness told police that the man in the red Charger, later identified as Wilson, opened his car door and stood up, then showed the witness a handgun. The driver of the Charger said some words to the witness before getting back in his car and drove into the QuikTrip parking lot, McCabe said. The witness then told police that the driver of the Challenger, later identified as Scott, followed the Charger and also showed the witness a gun as he drove by, McCabe said.

No one was physically injured.

Shortly after, police located the two men and the vehicles at the Club Carwash nearby. Police also found two weapons in the men’s possession, McCabe said. Police then arrested the men and booked them into the Douglas County Jail around 12:30 p.m.

KU Athletics spokesperson Daniel Berk said in an email to the Journal-World Thursday that “We are aware of a situation involving two of our student athletes and take all allegations very seriously. We are working to gather more information and will have no further comment at this time.”

According to the KU athletic department website, Scott played in two games last season for the KU football team, and Wilson played for KU last season after transferring in from the University of Buffalo. KU’s football season is set to begin on Sept. 2.