Jan 22, 2024

Hays man seriously injured in incident outside bar

Posted Jan 22, 2024 3:13 PM
Wood-photo Ellis Co. Sheriff
Wood-photo Ellis Co. Sheriff

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

A Hays resident was hospitalized with a serious head injury after an altercation outside of the Sip N Spin, 209 W. 10th, Hays, early Sunday morning.

Police were called to the location at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday.

Damien L. Wood, 19, of Bosque, N.M., was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery, said Deputy Hays Police Chief Brian Dawson.

A 35-year-old Hays man was taken to HaysMed with a head injury and then flown to KU Medical Center in Kansas City.

No other details of the incident were given. Dawson said the case is still under investigation.