Post last updated at 12:24 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20:
Police say they’ve made an arrest in connection with the killing of a Lawrence man early Sunday in the 700 block of New Hampshire Street.
Police arrested Daileon Maurice Thomas, 23, of Olathe, on suspicion of first-degree murder around 8 p.m. Monday, according to a social media post from the Lawrence Police Department Tuesday morning.
Officers had been dispatched to the parking lot on the west side of New Hampshire Street around 3 a.m. Sunday for a report of gunshots, according to LPD.
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They found Victor Gabriel Moreno, 23, of Lawrence, and began rendering aid until paramedics took over, but Moreno was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said they have no reason to believe the suspect and the victim knew each other prior to “the night of the tragic events,” according to a Tuesday afternoon news release from the department.
Officers gathered public and private video, license plate reader information and witness accounts on Sunday to understand the sequence of events, according to the release.
“Detectives were then able to begin the detailed process of identifying the individuals involved and ultimately locate the suspect and arrest him without incident,” according to the release. “Investigators were also able to recover the firearm we believe was involved in the killing.”
Thomas did not appear on the jail’s booking log as of the latest update to this post. However, Thomas was being held without bond, according to George Diepenbrock, a spokesperson for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
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