Sunday, April 23, 2006
Abe and Jakes was shut down around 1 a.m. Sunday after a series of fights inside the club that could not be controlled by the club’s staff.
A Douglas County Sheriff spokesman at the scene said he did not know exactly how many people were injured, but said at least six arrests had been made.
One man was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a beer bottle had been smashed over his neck. The man sat on the corner of the street with a blood soaked towel over his wound awaiting the arrival of an ambulance.
Latasha Jacobs, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said the man with the neck wound was a childhood friend who came up to visit her.
Jacobs said that she did not know what caused the initial altercation, but said that after her friend was hit with the beer bottle four or five more fights broke out. A female friend who was with Jacobs during the altercation said the blood was “gushing” out from the man’s neck.
“The place was way too crowded and the security couldn’t stop it,” Jacobs said.
The club’s parking lot was filled with nearly 20 Lawrence Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff, KU Public Safety Office, Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical vehicles, and a large number of bar patrons. A descernible cloud of mace hung over the area after a considerable amount was used to disperse the bar patrons.
Two of those patrons were Olympic Gold Medal winners Justin Gatlin and Dwight Phillips. Abe and Jake's was playing host to what it billed as a Kansas Relays post-game party. Cover was $10. A bar patron asked Phillips if he had been injured and Phillips said no. Gatlin was in an undershirt getting into a red vehicle when someone yelled “that’s no way to treat an Olympic athlete.”
As for Jacobs, she and her friends will be seeking a new place to hang out next Saturday night.
Jacobs said that she has been to the club a few times, but for her friend this was her first time at Abe and Jakes.
“This is my first and last time,” she said.
Our earlier story:
More than 20 Lawrence Police, KU Public Safety Office and Douglas County Sheriff cruisers responded to an incident at Abe and Jake's nightclub, Sixth and Vermont Street, on what is being reported as a stabbing.
Details remain hard to gather, but Abe and Jake's was playing host to what it billed as a Kansas Relays post-game party. Cover was $10. One reporter said he saw Justin Gatlin in attendance.
More details as they become available from reporters on the scene. Check back at Kansan.com on Sunday or pick up a copy of Monday's print edition.
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