Oct 13, 2023

Police capture suspect in Kansas high school football game gunfire

Posted Oct 13, 2023 11:00 AM
Police at the scene of the investigation Sept. 15. photo courtesy KSHB TV
Police at the scene of the investigation Sept. 15. photo courtesy KSHB TV

WYANDOTTE COUNTY —The suspect in the September 15th shots-fired incident outside a Wyandotte High School football game, was arrested and charged Thursday afternoon, according to Kansas City, Kansas police.

The U. S. Marshals Service, with combined assistance from the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Police Department, Kansas City, Kansas Police Department and the public, tracked the suspect, a juvenile male, to Manhattan, Kansas where he was taken into custody without incident.

He is a resident of Kansas City, Kansas.

The Wyandotte County District Attorney has charged the juvenile with attempted 2nd degree murder and shooting into an occupied building.

He is currently being held in Riley County as he awaits extradition back to Wyandotte County.

Just before 9:30p.m. Sept. 15, police responded to Wyandotte High School, 2500 Minnesota, after shots were fired during the football game, according to a media release from Kansas City, Kansas police.

At the scene, police learned that with one minute left in the game, two unknown suspects approached the entrance to the field from outside the stadium and began shooting toward a USD 500 police officer standing at the gate.

The officer returned fire until the suspect fled north to a vehicle and fled. Police have not reported anyone struck by gunfire.