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(KAIR)--What began as a verbal back and forth turns into a face to face confrontation that leads to a gun being pulled and one shot fired.
Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told MSC News it happened Monday afternoon, in the 1900 Block of Harper Drive. “This is a mobile home park area, and apparently there were some words exchanged from some distance away. As the victim stood outside his residence, the suspect was in another street adjacent where they could still observe and hear each other.”
Wilson said the 39-year-old victim remained where he was, while the person words were exchanged with arrived in a truck, and that's when the shot was alledgedly fired. “The person in the truck that had pulled up pulled a gun out, aimed it at the victim, made some threats, and then actually fired a shot at the feet, or at the ground, next to where the victim stood. After that shot was fired, that suspect fled the area.”
Officers that arrived at the scene began an immediate search for the suspect; and, while Wilson says it's known who the person is, he has not yet been located.
He's facing a charge of aggravated assault in connection with the disturbance, and Wilson says the Atchison County Attorney's Office has been contacted for the purpose of formally filing that charge.
The shooting, that caused no injuries, took place around 3:15 Monday afternoon.
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