Posted by: Brady Bauman October 25, 2021

The Arkansas City Police Department is investigating the shooting in downtown Arkansas in the early hours of Wednesday morning. There were no reports of casualties afterwards.

According to a press release issued by the ACPD on Friday, police were dispatched to the 1300 block of North First Street on Wednesday morning and received reports of shooting. They searched the area and talked with many people.

However, no damage or victims were found at the time. Since then, officials have learned that someone shot at a car in the area and hit the car multiple times.

Currently, no one has been arrested in this case, and the police department is asking anyone who may have information about this incident to contact the police or the Cowley County Fight Crime Hotline.

Chief of Police Eric Burr said: "With the recent increase in local and national gun violence, the Arkansas Police Department hopes to continue to encourage all residents and visitors to take good care of their guns." "With the upcoming localities. Celebration, remind everyone to take safety measures for themselves and their property.

"Also, if you have not recorded the serial number on your gun or other valuables, please do so and take photos to prevent them from being stolen."

Anyone who has information about this shooting is encouraged to call (620) 441-4444 or (620) 441-6601 to contact the Ark City Police Department.

Those wishing to remain anonymous can also contact the Cowley County Fight Crime Hotline by dialing (620) 442-7777 in Ark City or (620) 221-7777 in Winfield. The organization provides rewards of up to $2,500 to obtain results that lead to arrests. Information.

In addition, the Ark City Police Department now provides an anonymous "submit tip" function on its website https://bit.ly/acpdtips.

You can also submit the reminder anonymously by sending SMS COWLEYTIPS to TIP411 (847411).