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Shaun Goodwin/KANSAN Police blocked off the scene of a fatal shooting early Sunday near 11th and Massachusetts Streets.
Shooting leaves 3 dead Three people are dead and two are injured after a shooting on 11th and Massachusetts Streets on Sunday morning
SHAUN GOODWIN EMILY WELLBORN @KansanNews Three people were killed and two more sustained non-life threatening injuries in an early morning shooting Sunday, according to the Lawrence Police Department. The shooting was not the result of a drive-by, the department said via its official Twitter account just after 7:30 on Sunday evening. The incident, the tweet said, likely stemmed from a physical altercation. According to a department press release, officers responded to the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts Street near the Watkins Museum of Histo-
ry just before 1:45 a.m and found several people suffering from gunshot wounds. Leah Elizabeth Brown, 22, from Shawnee, Colwin Lynn Henderson, 20, from Topeka and Tremel Dupree Dean, 24, from Topeka were killed in the shooting, the release said. A witness told the Kansan he was sitting with people in front of the museum about 10 minutes before the shooting took place and they decided they wanted to get coffee. That’s when they heard between nine and 12 gunshots. The witness described seeing medical personnel trying to resuscitate an injured male in front of the Watkins History Museum and that there was another
man injured who was sitting against the building. The witness said they did not see the shooting itself take place. Erika Lowe lives on Tennessee Street and has lived in Lawrence since January. She told the Kansan her husband works at Louise’s Bar in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street and that the situation is “unnerving.” “The Aladdin Cafe, I was just there last week and [now] there’s like blood in front of it.” she said. “I’ve never heard anything about people getting shot right downtown. I mean, my husband works right here so it seems just like a little scary.” Brown, Henderson or
Dean were not enrolled as students at the University, according to Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations. The 10th through 12th Street blocks of Massachusetts Street were closed for investigation until 2:15 p.m. Sunday. An update on the condition of the two victims was not available at press time. The investigation is still ongoing and officers are still looking for suspects, the department said. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the Lawrence Police Department at (785) 832 7509 or Crime Stoppers of Lawrence and Douglas County at (785)-843-TIPS.
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CONNER MITCHELL @connermitchell0 The University saw increased reports of stalking and domestic violence in the 2016 calendar year, according to the annual safety report that was released Friday. Every university that receives federal education funding is required to annually release crime statistics under the Jeanne Clery Act that was enacted in 1990. Stalking reports increased from 11
Number of reported rapes was
13 for the second year in a row
to 22, and domestic violence reports increased from four to 12. The University also reported an increase in arrests for violating liquor laws — 39 after only 20 in 2015 — and an increase in liquor-related disciplinary referrals. The number of reported rapes was 13 for the second year in a row, and fondling reports increased from four to six. Reports of dating violence increased from four to 13. The report also had to adjust previously
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Drug arrests dipped from
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from 2015 to 2016
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reported sexual violence numbers from 2014 and 2015 due to reports that were made after the statistics for those years were released. One report of rape and one report of stalking occurred in 2014 but were not reported until 2015. The original report reflected the actual date of incident, according to the 2016 report. The numbers in the updated report reflect a decrease of one in each category for 2014 and an increase of one in each
Referred drug violations dropped from
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category for 2015. Drug arrests dipped from 102 to 78, and drug violations that were referred to the University’s Student Affairs Office dipped from 90 to 56. Referred liquor law violations, however, increased from 702 to 729. According to the report, there was one arrest for a weapon violation in 2016, and there were no reported hate crimes at the University.