JOHNSON COUNTY — Fairway Police Officer 29-year-old Jonah Oswald died Monday as a result of injuries sustained in the Sunday shooting with a car theft suspect from Tennessee, according to a statement from
Officer Oswald was a 4-year veteran of the Fairway Police Department, according to a statement from the department.
Fairway Chief J.P. Thurlo issued the following statement about Officer Oswald's death.
“I am heartbroken at the tragic loss of Officer Jonah Oswald, who made the ultimate sacrifice while carrying out his oath to serve and protect. Officer Oswald was an integral part of our team and made significant contributions to our department and to the Fairway community. We will remember him as a warm-hearted individual whose hard work and passion touched the lives of many."
"On behalf of the entire Fairway Police Department, and the City of Fairway, I extend our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to Officer Oswald’s family and friends. We recognize that their loss is immeasurable, and our thoughts and prayers are with them."
"Officer Oswald leaves behind a wife and two young children. The Oswald family has asked for privacy at this time and is appreciative of the support being shown to them."
Just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a stolen vehicle call at the QuikTrip at 95th Street and Interstate 35, according to a media release from Lenexa Police.
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 Fairway Kansas police officer Jonah Oswald 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 was scheduled for a court appearance in the case at 1:30p.m. Tuesday, according to online jail records.
A Johnson County law enforcement team is investigating the officer-involved shooting.
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