LYONS, Kan. (AP) — The mother of the man who killed his father and shot two Rice County law officers in 2019 has been charged with providing a weapon to her son, Rice County Attorney Remington Dalke said.
Shirley Loder, 67, of Arlington, was charged this month with suspicion of criminal distribution of a firearm. She bonded out of the Rice County jail on Friday.
Loder’s son, David Madden, fatally shot his father, Tom Madden, on April 29, 2019, at their rural Rice County home. He also shot Reno County undersheriff Chad Murphy and Sheriff Bryant Evans before killing himself at the home, according to court records.
Madden was a convicted felon who was not allowed to have a weapon.
Erin Baker, Madden’s former girlfriend, was previously sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months of probation for her role in the shootings. She was driving the car, with her child in the backseat, when Madden shot Murphy.
She then took Madden to his house for guns and ammunition before they drove to his father’s home, where she watched him get out of the car and start shooting his father before driving off. Court records said she didn’t alert law enforcement authorities.