4 law enforcement officers shot in rural Kansas
CARBONDALE, Kan. — Four law enforcement officers were shot and killed Saturday morning while responding to a residence in a rural area south of Topeka, Kansas.
The shooting took place around 10:30 a.m. Three Osage County sheriff’s deputies and a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper were shot, Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Melissa Underwood said.
Their conditions are “still very fluid,” Underwood said.
One suspect died from gunshot wounds, officials with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the State Highway Patrol said. Another man was injured and taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, authorities said.
Deputies and troopers were responding to a domestic violence incident north of Carbondale. They had been there for several minutes when gunfire erupted, authorities said.
Several law enforcement agencies responded immediately to the call of the shooting, officials said.
The scene of the shooting is a home on a two-lane road leading into Topeka. Authorities blocked the road about six-tenths of a mile south of there.
The area of the shooting is a rural area near U.S. Highway 75. There is no active threat to the public, Underwood said.
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Hanna reported from Carbondale, Kansas.
