UPDATE 10:01 a.m. Thursday:
By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
The Salina Police Department this morning released additional information concerning the arrest of Nelson Hull III.
Hull was identified on Feb. 27 as a suspect in the murder of Courtney Ann Hoffman. Hoffman was found dead in a car at her residence in the 700 block of N. Fourth Street on Feb. 23. She had been shot.
On Wednesday, while following up on investigative leads, Salina Police detectives and agents from the U.S. Marshals Service developed information that Hull III was in a residence at 511 E. Stimmel Road, according to information release by police this morning. Law enforcement surrounded the residence and began using a public address system to order Hull to exit the residence.
SWAT teams from the Salina Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol spent approximately two and a half hours trying to encourage Hull to leave the residence without violence, the Salina Police Department noted. When those efforts were unsuccessful, chemical agents were introduced into the residence.
Hull surrendered a short time later and was taken into custody at approximately 5:15 p.m., according to a Facebook post Wednesday evening by Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson.
Hull, 36, was booked into the Saline County Jail on the following requested charges.
Murder in the first degree
Criminal possession of a weapon by a felon
Probation violation
Additionally, based on information uncovered during the investigation, Julie Ecton, 41, who resides at 511 E. Stimmel Road, was arrested on the requested charge of obstructing apprehension or prosecution, according to information from the Salina Police Department.
"The Salina Police Department would like to thank the public for information provided during this investigation. In addition, the Salina Police Department would also like to thank the Kansas Highway Patrol, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in the apprehension of Nelson Hull III," the Salina Police Department noted.
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By SALINA POST
A Salina man wanted in connection to a February murder in north Salina was arrested late this afternoon after an approximate 2.5 hour standoff.
Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson posted the following update on the Salina Police Department Facebook page this evening.
At approximately 5:10 PM, the suspect, Nelson Hull, was arrested after an approximate 2 1/2 hour standoff with Salina SWAT.
Hull was arrested at a residence in the 500 block of E. Stimmel.
This incident did involve chemical agents being introduced into the home.
We appreciated KHP’s assistance during this standoff.
Chief Brad L. Nelson
Hull was identified on Feb. 27 as a suspect in the murder of Courtney Ann Hoffman. Hoffman was found dead in a car in the 700 block of N. Fourth Street on Feb. 23. She had been shot.