Overview
- Three Osage County deputies and a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper were shot after arriving at a rural residence shortly after 10:30 a.m.
- The male suspect was shot and pronounced dead at the scene, and another man was injured and is in stable condition.
- The deputies were taken to a Topeka hospital, and the trooper was later transferred to the University of Kansas Medical Center for further treatment.
- The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has taken over the case as multiple agencies secured the area and closed nearby roads for evidence processing.
- Authorities have not released names or full medical details, though local reporting described the officers’ injuries as non-life-threatening.