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1 hospitalized after shooting near Kansas child-care center

photo courtesy WIBW TV
photo courtesy WIBW TV

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a shooting near a child care center.

Just after 5 p.m. on Friday, police responded to 33rd and Gage Street in Topeka after report that a man was wounded, according to a media release.

The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Several rounds from the weapon were fired, according to police. One bullet also hit a building used as a child care center. There were no injuries in that facility.

Police are looking for a black male suspect driving a 2-door Chrysler convertible.

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