The Riley County Police Department works the scene of a shooting near the 900 block of Yuma Street in Manhattan late Wednesday night. One person, a 23-year-old male, was shot. He was transported by EMS to Ascension Via Christi, before then being life-flighted to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka for treatment of life-threatening injuries. (Photo by Lewis Marien/The Mercury)

A Manhattan man sustained life-threatening injuries after another man shot him in apparent self-defense in the parking lot of the Douglass Center Wednesday evening.

Riley County Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Tokoi said in a written release officers responded to the report of shots fired in the 900 block of Yuma Street around 7:57 p.m. When they arrived, they found a 23-year-old man shot in the parking lot.

Tokoi said RCPD’s early investigation points to the shooter being a 26-year-old man who acted in self-defense. Police think there is little to no relationship between the two men, and the shooting appears to be an isolated incident that doesn’t pose a threat to public safety.

More on this story can be read at The Mercury.

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