WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006
▼ CRIME
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 7
GRANADA SHOOTING SET TO HEAD TO TRIAL
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
jweinstein@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Topeka resident Rashawn T. Anderson will stand trial on Nov. 27 for shooting and killing Robert E. Williams outside The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., on February 5. The 19-year-old Anderson allegedly shot 46-year-old Williams four times. The fatal blow was a shot through the heart after Anderson and Williams were seen arguing after a hip-hop concert that featured Williams's nephew, Denver-based rap artist, Doe.
District Judge Paula Martin set the trial date after two preliminary hearings determined that there was enough evidence to try Anderson. There had initially been doubt about the shooter's identity, but DNA evidence and a video tape shot by a contractor, from the recording label representing the artists, allegedly implicated Anderson.
A 23-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, Pierre Burnette, was injured in the shooting.
Burnette recovered from minor injuries from being shot in the back and testified against Anderson in the hearings.
Williams' widow, filed suit against The Granada before the hearings began, alleging that the bar did not take proper security measures after the concert.
The Granada's ownership declined to comment.
The incident has sparked debate about safety concerns in downtown Lawrence and what the city should do to alleviate those concerns.
Scott Miller, a staff attorney at the city manager's office said the public was allowed to voice its opinion at the Lawrence City Commission meeting on July 11. With the public's opinion in mind, he said the commission would decide what type of measures it wants to take to make downtown Lawrence safer.
"I imagine it will be on the agenda at some point." Miller said. "But I can't imagine what direction it will take."
- Edited by Janiece Gatson
ROOFING (CONTINUED FROM 3)
Modig said the tiles on Bailey Hall, Spooner Hall and Dyche Hall were no longer available, and so alternate materials had to be used. However, more than 50 percent of each roof was damaged, so the entire roof had to be replaced. These particular buildings are also listed on the Register of Historic Places, so all designs have to be submitted to the Preservation Office of the National Register of Historic Places before construction can begin.
In the meantime, temporary roofs have been built to prevent as much weather damage as possible, although some have needed repairs already.
The temporary roof on Stauffer-Flint
had leaked after the rainstorm two weeks ago, said Beth Mole, general maintenance and custodial worker for Stauffer-Flint and Wescoe. She said that when she had arrived the Monday after the storm she noticed that the whole corridor on the third floor of StauFFER-Flint was wet and needed to be mopped right away to prevent it from getting into any of the equipment rooms.
Modig said that the temporary roofs were at risk with certain weather conditions, and said that they'd "just keep coming back and addressing those on a caseby-case basis until we get the permanent roofs."
- Edited by Adrienne Bommarito
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