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07/21/2026

🚨 MISSING PERSON • HALEY DAVIS 🚨
📍 Salina, Kansas
🗓 Missing Since: July 21, 2023

Haley Davis was just 19 years old when she disappeared from Salina, Kansas.

She left town with a male acquaintance, reportedly heading to Wichita. She was last active on social media and last heard from on July 21, 2023.

Since then… silence.

Investigators in Wichita have stated the case has led them to believe Haley may be deceased, but her family still deserves answers. They deserve the truth. They deserve to bring her home.

At the time she went missing:
• Height: 5’6”–5’7”
• Weight: 190–200 lbs
• Hair: Dyed blonde
• Eyes: Blue

If you have any information about Haley’s disappearance or whereabouts, please contact:
📞 Detective Owen - 316-268-4185
📧 [email protected]

To remain anonymous:
📞 KBI - 785-296-4017
📞 800-572-7463

Two years is too long without answers.
Someone knows something.

🖤 Share this post. Talk about her. Keep her name alive.

07/20/2026

THE GREGG BRAUN SPREE KILLINGS
📍 Garden City, Kansas • July 1989

For five terrifying days in July 1989, a lone gunman turned the highways of the Great Plains into his hunting ground.

Beginning in Garden City, Kansas, Gregg Francis Braun, a 28-year-old college graduate with a degree in criminal justice and the son of a well-known Kansas attorney, embarked on a robbery and murder spree that stretched across four states and claimed five lives before it finally came to an end in New Mexico.
It began on the night of July 19, 1989.

Braun robbed two convenience stores on opposite sides of Garden City, abducting the lone clerk from each location.

His first victim was 27-year-old Barbara Kochendorfer.
Not long afterward, he kidnapped 28-year-old Mary Raines from another convenience store.

Both women were driven into the darkness of rural Finney County.

Neither would make it home.

Mary Raines was discovered lying face down in the mud alongside a country road. She was still clothed except for being barefoot and had been shot twice in the back of the head with a .25-caliber handgun.

Investigators recovered spent .25-caliber shell casings beside her body.

Barbara Kochendorfer's body was found along Tennis Road east of Highway 83.

She had been stripped completely n**e before being executed.

Investigators noticed dirt concentrated in the middle of her back, leading them to believe her killer may have stood on her body to hold her down as he fired two shots into the back of her head.

Nearby, detectives recovered several Salem cigarette butts, small pieces of evidence that would later become critical in identifying her killer.

Between them, Barbara and Mary left behind eight young children.

The violence did not stop in Kansas.

On July 20, Braun traveled south to Pampa, Texas, where he robbed a photo-processing business and murdered 54-year-old E.P. "Pete" Spurrier, again using the same .25-caliber handgun.

The following day, July 21, Braun entered a flower shop in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

During the robbery, he forced three women to the floor before opening fire.

Gwendolyn Sue Miller was killed.

Two other women, JoAnn Beane and Mary Manning, survived despite being shot in the head. Their survival would become vital to the investigation.

As law enforcement agencies scrambled to connect the crimes occurring hundreds of miles apart, investigators briefly believed they had solved the case.
A suspect was identified by witnesses and taken into custody.

Then everything unraveled.
While that innocent man sat in jail, another murder occurred.

The real killer was still free.

On July 23, 1989, Braun struck one final time.

In Springer, New Mexico, he robbed a convenience store and murdered 48-year-old Geraldine Valdez, once again shooting her with the same .25-caliber handgun.

Approximately 40 minutes later, Braun was stopped by police.

Inside his vehicle, investigators found the murder weapon.

According to officers, Braun looked at them and said:
"You guys must be proud. You don't know what kind of famous criminal you caught."

The evidence against him was overwhelming.

Ballistics matched every murder.

His vehicle matched witness descriptions from multiple states.

His tennis shoes matched impressions left in the mud near Barbara Kochendorfer's body.

The Salem cigarette butts recovered beside Barbara's body matched those found inside Braun's vehicle.

Braun ultimately confessed, admitting he alone carried out the killings.

According to investigators, Braun said his face covering slipped during the first robbery in Garden City, and he believed Barbara Kochendorfer would be able to identify him.

Instead of leaving a witness behind, he abducted and murdered her.

Afterward, he used the $274 stolen during the robbery to buy co***ne.

Investigators said Braun admitted using the drug before targeting his second victim, later telling detectives the co***ne and adrenaline fueled his desire to continue killing.

Because Oklahoma secured the death sentence for the murder of Gwendolyn Sue Miller, Braun was ultimately extradited there for ex*****on.

On July 20, 2000, nearly eleven years after the killing spree began, Gregg Francis Braun was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

He was pronounced dead at 12:17 a.m.

For the families of Barbara Kochendorfer, Mary Raines, Pete Spurrier, Gwendolyn Sue Miller, and Geraldine Valdez, the ex*****on marked the legal end of one of the most terrifying multi-state murder sprees the central United States had ever seen, but it could never erase the devastation left behind by five days of calculated violence.

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07/15/2026

🚨 S*X OFFENSE ARREST FOLLOWING UNDERCOVER CHILD EXPLOITATION OPERATION 🚨

A multi-agency undercover operation targeting individuals allegedly attempting to exploit children online has led to the arrest of a Missouri man in Crawford County, Kansas.

According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, investigators worked alongside the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Bourbon County Kansas Sheriff's Office, the Pittsburg Police Department, and the E3 Ranch Foundation during an operation conducted on Friday, July 10. The operation focused on individuals allegedly soliciting minors for sexual acts.

Authorities say Cristobal Fredy Lopez, 42, of Monett, Missouri, was taken into custody without incident during the operation.

On Monday, Lopez was formally charged in Crawford County District Court with:
• Attempted Aggravated Human Trafficking
• Electronic Solicitation
• Attempted Commercial Sexual Exploitation of a Child
• Unlawful Use of a Communication Facility

Lopez is currently being held without bond at the Crawford County Jail.

As with all criminal cases, these are allegations. Cristobal Fredy Lopez is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

07/13/2026

🕯️ THE FAGER FAMILY MURDERS
December 31, 1987 • Wichita, Kansas

Three Murders. One Acquittal. A Mystery That Still Haunts Wichita.

Just hours before 1987 came to an end, one of Wichita's most disturbing family murders was discovered inside a quiet east-side home.

For nearly four decades, no one has been convicted.

On the afternoon of December 31, 1987, Mary Fager returned home to 7015 E. 14th Street after spending several days visiting family in Emporia for the holidays.

Instead of finding her husband and daughters waiting for her, she walked into a nightmare.

Her husband, Melvin Phillip Fager, 37, was lying dead on the living room floor.

Believing her daughters had simply gone somewhere in the family's gray 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit, Mary went to a neighbor's house for help while police responded.

As officers searched the home, they made an even more horrifying discovery.

Hidden beneath the closed cover of the family's basement hot tub were the bodies of 16-year-old Kelli Fager and 9-year-old Sherri Fager.

The autopsies painted a chilling picture.

Phillip had been shot twice in the back at close range, with one bullet passing through his heart. He was fully dressed and still wearing his winter coat.

Sherri's wrists had been taped behind her back with black electrical tape. The same tape had been wrapped around her neck, nearly strangling her before she was placed into the hot tub. The coroner believed she may still have been barely alive when she entered the water, ultimately drowning.

Kelli was found n**e in the hot tub. She had not been bound and showed no obvious external injuries. Her cause of death was ruled drowning. Investigators also examined the possibility of sexual assault as part of the investigation.

Despite the brutality of the crime, there were no signs of forced entry. The home was locked, very little appeared disturbed, and nothing of value had been stolen.

The only obvious thing missing was the family's Volkswagen Rabbit.

As detectives searched for answers, they learned that a contractor named William Butterworth had recently been working on a sunroom addition at the Fager home and had been trusted with a key. Around the same time the family disappeared, Butterworth had also vanished.

Investigators soon located both Butterworth and the missing Volkswagen in Stuart, Florida.

Butterworth admitted taking the family's car but denied killing anyone.

His explanation was unusual.

He claimed he had arrived to continue working on the addition and initially saw nothing out of the ordinary.

According to Butterworth, he later returned to the house and discovered Phillip and the girls already dead. Panicked, believing the killer could still be nearby, he fled in the family's car.

Detectives did not believe his story.

They arrested Butterworth and charged him with three counts of first-degree murder.

During the investigation, biological evidence recovered from the crime scene was tested. According to later reporting, the DNA did not match Butterworth. Years later, after Dennis Rader (BTK) was identified and his DNA became available, investigators also determined the evidence did not match him either.

The BTK connection had briefly attracted national attention because police received a letter from someone claiming to be BTK. In that letter, the writer denied committing the Fager murders while expressing admiration for whoever had. After Rader's arrest in 2005, he admitted writing the letter but again denied any involvement in the murders.

Butterworth's trial became one of the most closely watched criminal cases in Wichita.

Prosecutors argued his possession of the stolen vehicle, his sudden disappearance, and the circumstances surrounding his departure pointed directly to his guilt.

The defense countered that there was no physical evidence placing Butterworth as the killer. The biological evidence recovered from the scene did not identify him, there were no eyewitnesses, and no murder weapon was ever recovered.

In June 1988, the jury found William Butterworth not guilty on all murder charges.

Although acquitted, investigators publicly stated they continued to believe Butterworth was responsible.

No one else has ever been charged.

Nearly forty years later, questions remain.

Who left the unidentified biological evidence found at the scene?

Was Butterworth telling the truth when he claimed he stumbled upon the murders and fled in panic?

Or did the jury simply not have enough evidence to convict the right suspect?

The answers died with whoever committed one of Wichita's most heartbreaking family murders.

Today, the killings of Phillip, Kelli, and Sherri Fager remain officially unsolved.

Someone knows what happened inside that home during the final days of 1987.

One family deserves those answers.

🕯️ Rest in peace, Phillip, Kelli, and Sherri Fager.
You are not forgotten. ❤️‍🩹

07/10/2026

THE MURDER OF DAKOTA PATTON
📍Parsons / Neosho County, Kansas • 2023

What began as an evening spent with people Dakota Patton considered friends ended with a desperate search, a heartbreaking discovery, and a murder that forever changed his family's lives.

Twenty-three-year-old Dakota Patton was last seen on the evening of April 25, 2023, in Parsons, Kansas.

According to investigators, Dakota had been spending time with friends and had reportedly planned to go mushroom hunting. During the evening, an argument reportedly broke out involving a woman. Witnesses later described Dakota and Clint Nibarger arguing at a local gas station, one of the last confirmed sightings of Dakota alive.

When Dakota suddenly stopped communicating with family and friends, concern grew quickly.

On April 27, Dakota was officially reported missing after his vehicle was discovered abandoned in a rural field in Labette County. Investigators immediately believed something was wrong. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation joined the case, and authorities publicly stated that foul play was suspected almost from the beginning. Search teams focused on rural areas surrounding the Neosho River, asking hunters, fishermen, and landowners to report anything suspicious.

For nearly two weeks, Dakota's loved ones searched for answers.

Then, on May 8, 2023, deputies searching northeast of Parsons made the discovery no family ever wants to receive.

Dakota's body was found in a field near 20th Road and Xavier Road in rural Neosho County.

The KBI Crime Scene Response Team processed the scene and determined Dakota had been shot to death.

Perhaps one of the most heartbreaking parts of this case is the betrayal Dakota's family says they experienced. Dakota's mother, Melissa Patton, has shared that Clint Nibarger had been a close family friend for more than ten years, someone their family trusted. According to Melissa, Dakota left with someone they had known for years and never came home. For 13 agonizing days, she searched for answers while holding onto hope that her son would be found alive. Instead, that search ended with the discovery no parent should ever have to endure.

That same day, investigators obtained arrest warrants for Clint Nibarger and Kimberly Thomas (who later became Kimberly Nibarger). Both were charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Authorities tracked the pair to Hollister, Missouri, where officers with the Taney County Sheriff's Office arrested Kimberly during a traffic stop before taking Clint into custody at the residence where they were staying. Both were booked into the Taney County Jail before being extradited back to Kansas.

As the criminal case progressed, prosecutors reached plea agreements with both defendants.
Kimberly admitted guilt to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and obstructing prosecution. She was sentenced to 117 months in prison, just under ten years.

Clint later pleaded guilty to intentional second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, avoiding a trial. Court proceedings over the exact sentence extended beyond his guilty plea, with prosecutors recommending consecutive sentences totaling approximately 24 years and five months in prison. Court records show the case has remained active through additional hearings while sentencing issues were resolved.

No official motive for Dakota's murder has ever been publicly released by investigators or prosecutors.

Although reports indicate Dakota and Clint argued over a woman shortly before Dakota disappeared, authorities have never identified that disagreement as the definitive motive behind the killing.

No prison sentence can undo what happened on that April night.

Dakota Patton was only 23 years old. He wasn't just another homicide statistic, he was a son, a family member, and someone whose loved ones spent days desperately hoping he would come home alive.

Instead, they were forced to bury him after what investigators determined was a deliberate act of violence.

Melissa, Dakotas mother, has remained a strong voice throughout the case, determined to ensure Dakota's story is never forgotten and that justice continues to be served in his memory.

Cases like Dakota's are painful reminders that sometimes the greatest danger doesn't come from strangers, it comes from people a victim trusted enough to spend time with.

🕊️ Dakota Patton
1999–2023
Gone far too soon, but never forgotten.

07/09/2026

THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF JOYCE WELCH
📍Lenexa, Kansas • 1986

On the night of July 4, 1986, 39-year-old Joyce Welch spent the evening with friends in Old Town Lenexa, Kansas.

Joyce had reportedly been at Charlie’s Bar and Grill near Santa Fe Trail Drive and Pflumm Road. It was the Fourth of July, and she had been with friends watching fireworks before the night took a devastating turn.

Around 10:30 p.m., Joyce left the bar alone.

She was last seen walking east from the area of Santa Fe Trail Drive and Pflumm Road. According to later reporting, police believed Joyce may have been walking roughly two miles home to Shawnee after the friend who was supposed to give her a ride had already left.

Joyce never made it home.

Early the next morning, on July 5, 1986, a passerby found Joyce’s purse a few blocks away from where she had last been seen. Her driver’s license was reportedly found with it.

But Joyce was gone.

Two days later, after she still had not returned home or contacted anyone, a concerned friend reported her missing on July 7, 1986.

At the time, investigators were left with very little.

Joyce had left the bar, started walking, and somewhere between Old Town Lenexa and home, she disappeared. A retired Lenexa detective later described it as if she had “vanished into thin air.”

For nearly two years, Joyce’s family and friends had no answers.

Then, on April 9, 1988, Joyce’s remains were discovered in a field near 271st Street and Block Road in Miami County, Kansas.

Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Despite the discovery, Joyce’s case remained unsolved. No suspect has ever been publicly identified, and no one has been charged in connection with her disappearance or death.

Now, 40 years later, Lenexa Police are asking the public to look at Joyce’s case again.

Time changes things. Relationships end. Loyalties shift. Memories resurface. Someone who was afraid to speak in 1986 may be ready now.

Joyce Welch was a real person. She was not just a cold case file. She was a woman who left a bar on a holiday night and never came home.

Someone knows what happened after Joyce walked away from Old Town Lenexa.

If you have any information about Joyce Welch’s disappearance or death, contact the Lenexa Police Department at 913-825-8169.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

Four decades have passed, but Joyce Welch has not been forgotten. 🕊️

07/08/2026

THE LITTLE BOY NO ONE LOOKED FOR • THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ADAM HERRMAN
📍Towanda, Kansas

For nearly a decade… no one reported him missing.
Adam Herrman was just 11 years old when he vanished from a mobile home park in Towanda, Kansas in 1999. But what makes this case so haunting is not just that he disappeared…

It’s that authorities didn’t even know he was gone until 2008.

By then, years had already passed.
Evidence was gone.
Memories had faded.
And the timeline had become almost impossible to piece back together.

Adam, whose birth name was Irvin Groeninger III, had been adopted by Doug and Valerie Herrman after being removed from his biological family as a toddler. According to family members, Adam suffered years of alleged abuse inside the home.

Relatives later claimed he was locked in bathrooms, denied food, chained to a bathtub faucet, and regularly beaten. His adoptive siblings told investigators they would secretly sneak him food because they believed he was starving.

Valerie Herrman denied abusing Adam, though she admitted to disciplining him with a belt.

The Herrmans later claimed Adam had run away sometime in 1999 after being punished. They said they believed he was either homeless or had returned to his biological family.

But investigators could never verify those claims.
And no confirmed evidence has ever surfaced showing Adam was alive after 1999.

What raised even more questions was what happened AFTER Adam vanished.

Even though he was supposedly gone, Doug and Valerie Herrman continued collecting adoption subsidy payments for him for years. They also listed Adam as a dependent on taxes, bankruptcy filings, and court paperwork long after he had disappeared.
In 2011, both were convicted of theft related to those payments.

Doug Herrman died in 2016.
Investigators have openly stated they believe Valerie Herrman may hold the answers to what happened to Adam.

Over the years, there have been searches, interviews, national media coverage, and countless theories. In 2020, a Wichita man falsely claimed online to be Adam, but investigators quickly determined it was a hoax.

Then came the newest development.
On April 15, 2026, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office conducted a targeted excavation near the Towanda mobile home park where Adam was last known to be living.

The dig was prompted by a recent tip.
Investigators brought in heavy equipment and searched an area between a street and a privacy fence line for several hours before concluding the operation.
Authorities later confirmed nothing was found during the search.

Still… the excavation marked one of the most significant movements in the case in years.

Adam would be 39 years old today 💔

And after all this time, one question still remains..

What happened to the little boy no one looked for?
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07/07/2026

THE MURDER OF MIKE SISCO AND KAREN HARKNESS
📍Topeka, Kansas

They Were Shot in Their Sleep… And It Took 23 Years for Justice

On the morning of July 7, 2002, something wasn’t right.

Michael “Mike” Sisco and Karen Harkness weren’t answering their phones. They hadn’t shown up where they were expected, and concern quickly turned into fear. A welfare check was requested at their duplex in west Topeka.

When officers entered the home, they made a chilling discovery.

Mike and Karen were found dead in their basement bedroom, both shot while lying in bed.

There were no signs of forced entry. No indication of a struggle. Whoever did this had either been let inside… or never had to force their way in at all.

From the very beginning, investigators believed this was personal.

As police began piecing together what led up to the murders, attention quickly turned to someone from Mike Sisco’s past, his ex-wife, Dana Chandler.

The relationship between Sisco and Chandler had been anything but peaceful. Their divorce was described as bitter, with ongoing disputes and tension that hadn’t faded over time. By 2002, Sisco had moved on and was building a life with Karen Harkness, something prosecutors would later argue only deepened the resentment.

But suspicion alone wasn’t enough.

There was no DNA tying Chandler to the scene. No weapon was ever recovered. No one could place her inside that home that night. And with no physical evidence, the case slowly went cold.

Still, investigators didn’t walk away.

Over the years, pieces began to form a picture.

As the case developed, investigators began piecing together a circumstantial trail they believed pointed back to Chandler. Chandler was living in Colorado at the time. Records showed she had purchased two gasoline cans in the time leading up to the murders something prosecutors later suggested could have been connected to planning or avoiding detection.

They also pointed to the 27-hour gap in her cellphone activity, arguing it aligned with a possible trip from Colorado to Kansas and back. A witness reported being about 70% sure they saw her at a Kansas convenience store during that timeframe. On top of that, her alibis shifted over time, raising further suspicion. And perhaps most damaging, recorded conversations captured by her own daughter included statements where Chandler talked about wanting Sisco dead and, at times, appeared to imply she had carried it out.

It would take nearly a decade before investigators felt they had enough.

In July of 2011, Dana Chandler was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
But the road to justice was anything but straightforward.

In 2012, she was convicted. Years later, that conviction was overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct. A second trial in 2022 ended with a hung jury.

It wasn’t until March 7, 2025, more than two decades after the murders, that a jury once again heard the case and returned a verdict of guilty on both counts.

On June 3, 2025, Dana Chandler was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.

Even now, the case stands out for what it lacked.
No DNA.
No murder weapon.
No direct evidence placing her at the scene.
Just a case built on motive, behavior, and years of investigation.

Two people were shot to death in their own home... a place they should have felt safe.

And after 23 years…
A jury finally decided who was responsible.

07/06/2026

THE “MURDER ORDAINED” CASE • THOMAS BIRD
📍Emporia, Kansas • 1983

What began as a supposed tragic accident involving a respected Kansas pastor’s wife would eventually unravel into one of the most infamous murder scandals in Kansas history. A case involving adultery, insurance money, conspiracy, and two dead spouses.

In July 1983, 33-year-old Sandra “Sandy” Bird was found dead inside her vehicle after it went over an embankment near the Cottonwood River outside Emporia, Kansas.

At first, investigators believed it was a terrible accident.
But some people immediately had doubts.

Sandy’s husband, Reverend Thomas “Tom” Bird, was the pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Emporia. Behind the scenes, Bird was having an affair with his church secretary, Lorna Anderson, a married mother whose husband was Martin “Marty” Anderson.

As the investigation unfolded, authorities learned something chilling:
Before Sandy Bird’s death, Tom Bird and Lorna Anderson had allegedly tried to recruit someone to kill Martin Anderson.

Court testimony later revealed the pair discussed elaborate murder plans, including staging a fatal car crash by sending a vehicle over a bridge or embankment, eerily similar to how Sandy Bird would later die.

Investigators eventually reopened Sandy’s case. Her body was exhumed and reexamined by forensic experts, who concluded her injuries were inconsistent with a simple accident. Authorities believed Sandy had been attacked before her vehicle was pushed into the river area to stage the scene.

Then the case became even darker.

In November 1983, Martin Anderson was found shot to death along a Geary County highway after what appeared to be a staged roadside incident. He had reportedly been traveling with his wife and children when he was killed.

The two deaths quickly became linked.

According to testimony and court records, investigators believed Tom Bird and Lorna Anderson wanted to eliminate their spouses so they could be together while also collecting life insurance money.

The scandal rocked Kansas because Tom Bird wasn’t just anyone. He was a well-known pastor preaching to his congregation every Sunday while authorities quietly began building a homicide case against him.

The affair, the murders, and the allegations of manipulation inside the church community became national news.

•In 1984, Tom Bird was convicted of criminal solicitation for attempting to arrange Martin Anderson’s murder.
•In 1985, he was convicted of first-degree murder in Sandy Bird’s death and sentenced to life in prison.
•Lorna Anderson later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Martin Anderson’s death and also pleaded guilty to solicitation charges connected to the murder plots.
•Tom Bird was later tried separately for Martin Anderson’s murder but was acquitted in that specific case.

The story became so notorious it inspired the 1987 CBS miniseries Murder Ordained, starring Keith Carradine and JoBeth Williams.

Even decades later, the case still divides people in Kansas.

Some continued believing Tom Bird was innocent and framed by circumstantial evidence. Others pointed to the detailed murder plots, insurance policies, witness testimony, and the striking similarities between the planned murders and the actual deaths.

In 2004, after serving roughly 20 years of his life sentence, Tom Bird was granted parole despite objections from Sandy Bird’s family.

Recent reporting from Kansas media outlets in 2025 and 2026 confirmed both Bird and Lorna Anderson were eventually released from parole supervision years ago. Reports indicate Bird later worked as a marriage counselor in Iowa, while Lorna Anderson reportedly later became involved in nonprofit housing work in Kansas.

But for many people, the most haunting part of the case isn’t the TV movie or the scandal surrounding a pastor.

It’s the fact that two families were destroyed and seven children grew up without parents because of what prosecutors described as a calculated affair-driven murder conspiracy.

Kansas still remembers it as one of the state’s most shocking true crime cases.

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07/06/2026

🚨MEDIA RELEASE FROM Kingman County Sheriff’s Office Kansas 🚨

On Saturday, July 4th at approximately 01:39am Kingman County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the report of a "shots fired" call located in the northeast quadrant of Kingman County. During the initial investigation it was determined that a verbal altercation had ensued between several adult males who were attending a July 4th event. The altercation escalated to one subject presenting a handgun and firing it. Two subjects and the suspect were injured in the incident. The suspect was arrested at the scene and all three subjects were transported by various EMS agencies to Wichita area hospitals for examination and treatment. This was a localized incident and there is no on-going danger to the public. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

While responding to the incident one Kingman County Deputy was involved in a single vehicle crash on an unlit rural road. The deputy received minor injuries and was also transported by EMS to a Wichita area hospital where they were treated and released.

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