Two Arrested After Deadly Shooting at Lawrence College Bar

Overview

• Officers responded just before 2 a.m. to The Hawk near 13th and Ohio, where they found an 18-year-old dead and a 16-year-old in critical condition.
• Witnesses told police the shooters fled and provided descriptions that led officers to locate suspects nearby.
• Police said probable cause suggests charging one suspect with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated assault.
• Probable cause also suggests charging a second suspect with felony murder and aggravated assault, and both were booked into the Douglas County Correctional Facility.
• Families have been notified, the slain teen’s name will be withheld for at least 24 hours, and the investigation remains active.