UPDATE: 6:28 p.m.: Police: Ivy Tech student flees accident scene, leaves unregistered handgun

Kyle A. Dempsey, an Ivy Tech student living in Ashton Center, fled the scene of a car accident he was involved in early Saturday morning, leaving behind an unregistered handgun, according to the IU Police Department.\nDempsey entered a Jimmy John's restaurant, 1827 E. 10th St., at about 2:30 a.m., covered in blood, and then quickly left, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report. An unidentified employee of Jimmy John's called police, but when officers arrived on the scene, Dempsey was nowhere to be found, Minger said.\nMinger said officers found outside the restaurant a four-door, black Oldsmobile Aurora with damage to the front end. No one was in the vehicle, but a man nearby told police his friend Kyle was the driver, but the man didn't know where his friend was or what his friend's last name was, Minger said. A .380 semi-automatic handgun was found in the vehicle, Minger said.\nAt 2:58 a.m., IUPD officers found "a blood trail on the ground going from outside the ground floor door of Ashton-Stemple to the inside door," Minger said. \nOfficers contacted the resident assistant of Ashton-Stemple for assistance in finding Dempsey, who had been identified by this point from his vehicle registration, Minger said.\nDempsey was finally located at 3:12 a.m., when he approached police and turned himself in, Minger said.\n"Mr. Dempsey stated he had been drinking, and was sorry he left the scene, but that he was bleeding and had a swollen nose and contusion on his forehead," Minger said. Officers reported that Dempsey was swaggering at the time, unable to keep his balance, and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.\nWhen asked about the handgun, Dempsey told officers he had bought it for $25 from an individual and did not have an Indiana handgun permit, Minger said.\nDempsey was treated by an emergency medical technician and transported to the Monroe County Jail, Minger said. He was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and carrying a handgun without a permit.