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UPDATE: Search continues for suspect after shooting near K-State campus

Via Christi Hospital was temporarily placed on lockdown during the search for the shooter-google image

RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are asking for information after a man was shot during an attempted aggravated robbery Monday night in the 2200 block of College Avenue in Manhattan,

The suspect is described as a black male 5-foot-9,  medium to heavy build, wearing a black ski mask and a sweatshirt.

Just after 4:30p.m. Monday, police responded to a shooting in the 2200 block of College Avenue in

Manhattan. Emergency medical crews transported one man for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

As police searched for the suspect, Via Christi officials placed the nearby hospital on lockdown. Staff and visitors were only allowed in and out of the visitor entrance.

The lockdown was lifted at 6:30p.m., according to the hospital.

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RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and continue to search for a suspect Tuesday.

Just after 4:30p.m. Monday, police responded to a shooting in the 2200 block of College Avenue in

Manhattan. Emergency medical crews transported one man for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

As police searched for the suspect, Via Christi officials placed the nearby hospital on lockdown. Staff and visitors were only allowed in and out of the visitor entrance.

The lockdown was lifted at 6:30p.m., according to the hospital.

Police released no additional details late Monday.

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