DOUGLAS COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating the fatal gunfight in a store parking lot in Lawrence have identified the men who died as 22-year-old Zachary Michael Sutton and 53-year-old Monty Ray Amick, both of Lawrence, according to police department spokesperson Kim L. Murphree.
Investigators believe the initial interaction between the occupants of two vehicles occurred near 23rd and Harper. The vehicles then travelled west on 23rd street where a confrontation occurred near 23rd and Iowa Street.
After the confrontation, the vehicles continued west on Clinton Parkway where the incident culminated in the shooting at the Hy-Vee parking lot, 3504 Clinton Parkway.
Sutton was reportedly a passenger in a 2006 White Ford F-150 Pickup truck and Amick was the driver and sole occupant of a 2007 Blue Nissan XTerra SUV, according to Murphree.
Police are asking anyone who observed the altercation at 23rd and Iowa Street or the shooting at the HyVee parking lot to call Lawrence Police Department Investigations at (785)830-7430.
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DOUGLAS COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating fatal shooting in a store parking lot in Lawrence.
Just after 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, police responded to a shooting in the parking lot of Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway in Lawrence, according to Police Lt. David Ernst.
One man was pronounced deceased at the scene. EMS transported a second man to an area hospital with critical injuries and he was later pronounced deceased.
Investigators were speaking with 4 individuals who were present at the scene. Police released no additional details including names of the victims.