Dec 03, 2024

Kan. teen accused of threatening victims with a gun

Posted Dec 03, 2024 2:00 AM
Lyles photo Shawnee Co.
Lyles photo Shawnee Co.

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a Kansas teen on multiple allegations in connection an incident involving a gun.

Just before 3p.m. Saturday, police responded to the area of the 1700 block of SE 29th street in Topeka in reference to a subject possibly threatening others with a firearm.

Upon arrival officers developed information that 18-year-old  Jairus Lyles Jr., had been armed with a firearm and had threatened several people in the area. 

Police found Lyles at his home in the area arrested him and booked him into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges Three counts of Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Criminal Threat and  Aggravated Endangerment of a child.