Sep 05, 2022

Police: 66-year-old accused of murder at Kansas home

Posted Sep 05, 2022 1:00 PM
Brown-photo Sumner County
Brown-photo Sumner County

SUMNER COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in southeast Kansas.

Just after 3:30 p.m. Saturday, police responded to report of a shooting at a home in the 1200 block of E. Harvey in Wellington, according to a media release.

First arriving officers entered a private residence and found a 36-year-old Wellington man who had sustained a gunshot wound to his upper chest.  He died from his injuries.

Officers took a  66-year-old Jacob Brown of Wellington into custody at the scene and booked him into the Sumner County Jail on requested charges of second degree murder, according to online jail records.