MONTGOMERY COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Independence Police Department made an arrest Sunday evening connected to the murders of two Independence, Kansas men.
Just after 5p.m. Sunday, KBI agents and Independence police officers served an arrest warrant at the Labette County Jail to 18-year-old James T. S. Gofourth of Independence, according to a media release.
The arrest warrant alleged that Gofourth committed two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 27-year-old Tyler Cook and 24-year-old Rodricus Dawson, and one count of attempted first-degree murder for injuring a 27-year-old Independence woman.
Gofourth was already in custody at the jail for suspected offenses of aggravated robbery, possession of marijuana and possession of opiates unrelated to the Friday morning homicides, according to online jail records.
The 27-year-old Independence woman hurt during this incident remains hospitalized, according to the KBI.