“It was quite a chaotic scene and as bad as it was, it could have been much worse,” said Lawrence Chief of Police Gary Woodruff.
“We are fortunate that it wasn't even worse.”
to serve arrest and search warrants for individuals wanted in connection with a previous shots fired incident, Woodruff said.A man, who hasn't been publicly identified, ran out the back of the residence and encountered officers on the perimeter of the property. The man was killed in the gunfire, while an officer with the Lawrence Police Department was shot in the leg.
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