JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas police officer remains hospitalized in critical condition after a deadly exchange of gunfire.
City of Fairway, Kansas Chief of Police J.P. Thurlo has issued the following statement about the officer who was shot.
“As you are aware, one of our police officers was shot and critically wounded Sunday morning while trying to make an arrest in a neighboring community. Upon hearing the call for assistance, our officer courageously and without hesitation responded to help. These brave actions are reflective of the men and women in law enforcement in our community, and throughout this country, who put on the badge knowing the potential dangers they may face in the course of their duties. At this time, the officers condition remains critical."
"We will have more information about the officer in the coming days. I ask for thoughts and prayers for the officer and his family, and request privacy for the officer’s family and for the Fairway Police Department. We are grateful for those who have already expressed their support for our department, and who will in the days ahead.”
Just after 7:30 a.m., police responded to a stolen vehicle call at the QuikTrip at 95th Street and Interstate 35, according to a media release.
Officers located that car and the suspect in the stolen vehicle struck one of Lenexa police department's patrol vehicles and drove away.
Police pursued the suspect northbound on Interstate 35 until the suspects left the vehicle and ran to a QuikTrip in the 4700 Block of Lamar Avenue in Mission.
Police from multiple agencies were trying to arrest the suspects when gunfire broke out. A suspect later identified as 40-year-old Shannon Wayne Marshall of Ashland City, Tennessee was shot and killed and a Fairway Kansas police officer was shot and hospitalized.
The other suspect was arrested and later identified as 32-year-old Andrea Cothran of Portland Tennesee.
Cothran, a registered sex offender, is being held in Johnson County on requested charges of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, according to online jail records.
She is listed on the Tennessee sex offender registry for a July 2019 conviction for solicitation to commit sexual exploitation of a minor. She has three previous convictions for child abuse and a probation violation for drugs, according to the Tennessee offender registry. She is scheduled for a court appearance in the case at 1:30p.m. Monday, according to online jail records.
Police have identified the officer who was wounded. A Johnson County law enforcement team is investigating the officer-involved shooting.
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JOHNSON COUNTY — A shooting early Sunday at a convenience store left a suspect dead and a Kansas police officer hospitalized after an exchange of gunfire, according to Lenexa police.
Just after 7:30 a.m., police responded to a stolen vehicle call at the QuikTrip at 95th Street and Interstate 35, according to a media release.
Officers located that car and the suspect in the stolen vehicle struck one of Lenexa police department's patrol vehicles and drove away.
Police pursued the suspect northbound on Interstate 35 until the suspects left the vehicle and ran to a QuikTrip in the 4700 Block of Lamar Avenue in Mission.
Police from multiple agencies were trying to arrest the suspects when gunfire broke out. A suspect later identified as 40-year-old Shannon Wayne Marshall of Ashland City, Tennessee was shot and killed and a Fairway Kansas police officer was shot and hospitalized.
The other suspect was arrested and later identified as 32-year-old Andrea Cothran of Portland Tennesee.
Cothran, a registered sex offender, is being held in Johnson County on requested charges of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, according to online jail records.
She is listed on the Tennessee sex offender registry for a July 2019 conviction for solicitation to commit sexual exploitation of a minor. She has three previous convictions for child abuse and a probation violation for drugs, according to the Tennessee offender registry. She is scheduled for a court appearance in the case at 1:30p.m. Monday, according to online jail records.
Police have identified the officer who was wounded. A Johnson County law enforcement team is investigating the officer-involved shooting.