An 18-year-old man was behind bars Wednesday morning in connection with a shooting Tuesday evening in Pottawatomie County that sent a man to a Topeka hospital.
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat said 911 dispatchers received a call shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday regarding a man who was bleeding and was seen walking toward a residence in the vicinity of Mount Zion Road and Lake Elbo Road, about six miles northeast of Manhattan.
The caller also reported hearing a possible gunshot about the same time in the vicinity.