KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after multiple officers fired shots during a traffic stop in Kansas City, Kansas.

Officer Cameron Morgan said that the shooting happened Monday night when a vehicle was stopped during a multi-agency investigation into what he described as “violent crime.” The release says multiple suspects were taken to a hospital with minor injuries and that at least one was shot. No officers were injured.

Morgan says officers from multiple agencies fired their weapons. Police didn’t say what officers were investigating, what led up to the shooting or how many suspects were hurt.

Morgan says a police chase involving a different vehicle is believed to be related to the shooting. Morgan says the chase happened after the shooting, but he had no details.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

RILEY COUNTY — Leaders of the Black Student Union at Kansas State University are calling for charges to be filed against Dauntarius Williams, 21, Manhattan, who admitted to police this week that that he was responsible for the racist graffiti on his own car.

Williams admission led to a series of conversations between the Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen and the Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson.

They concluded that despite having filed a false report, the filing of criminal charges against Williams would not be in the best interests of the citizens of Manhattan.

Black Student Union leaders in a media release said they are appalled, disgusted and hurt by Williams false report and so called “ prank”and believe criminal charges should be filed.

“The fact that an African American man committed this act should not undermine its effect on Kansas State students. The conduct of Williams does not negate the current racist and discriminatory actions that continue on campus, community, the state and nation.”

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina man who admitted killing his infant son will get a new sentencing hearing under an amended law involving how a court determines if a defendant has an intellectual disability.

On Monday, 31-year-old Nicholas Corbin’s sentenced was rescheduled for Feb. 23. Corbin and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Desirah Overturf, both pleaded guilty to premeditated murder in the death of their 3-month-old son.

Corbin filed a motion seeking to be found a person with an intellectual disability. That motion was denied in February 2015 and Corbin was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years.

During Corbin’s appeal, state law was changed to include more ways to determine intellectual disability, prompting the Kansas Supreme Court to send Corbin’s case back for review.

RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are asking for information after a man was shot during an attempted aggravated robbery Monday night in the 2200 block of College Avenue in Manhattan,

The suspect is described as a black male 5-foot-9,  medium to heavy build, wearing a black ski mask and a sweatshirt.

Just after 4:30p.m. Monday, police responded to a shooting in the 2200 block of College Avenue in

Manhattan. Emergency medical crews transported one man for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

As police searched for the suspect, Via Christi officials placed the nearby hospital on lockdown. Staff and visitors were only allowed in and out of the visitor entrance.

The lockdown was lifted at 6:30p.m., according to the hospital.

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RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and continue to search for a suspect Tuesday.

Just after 4:30p.m. Monday, police responded to a shooting in the 2200 block of College Avenue in

Manhattan. Emergency medical crews transported one man for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

As police searched for the suspect, Via Christi officials placed the nearby hospital on lockdown. Staff and visitors were only allowed in and out of the visitor entrance.

The lockdown was lifted at 6:30p.m., according to the hospital.

Police released no additional details late Monday.

OSAGE COUNTY — A Kansas man died in an accident just after 3a.m. Tuesday in Osage County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Jaguar XK8 driven by Donald C. Bryant, 40, Overbrook, was northbound in the 14,000 Block of Shawnee Heights Road.

The vehicle left the roadway to the right, overturned and came to rest on the roof.

Bryant was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.  He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

 

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burning northeast Kansas home as a homicide.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim Monday as 34-year-old Joel Wales, of Eudora. He was found Friday after deputies arrived at the home south of Lawrence on Friday night following reports of gunshots.

No one else was inside the home. Authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspicions death. Just after 9a.m. Friday, Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 1100 Block of East 1200 Road to a residential fire with the sound of gunshots, according to a media release.

Due to the fire, deputies were unable to enter the house. Fire crews extinguished the blaze and found the body of a man identified as 34-year-old Joel Wales. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to deputies. There were no others found inside the home.

Deputies have not released his cause of death or what prompted the gunshots or started. Some of the roads in the area were temporarily closed Saturday. The death is considered suspicious.

Deputies released no additional information on Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Douglas County Sheriff’s office.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A jury has been unable to reach a unanimous decision about whether to order the execution of a former middle-school football coach convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that jurors heard arguments Monday from prosecutors who urged them to order the death penalty for 49-year-old Craig Wood, whom they had convicted on Thursday of first-degree murder in the February 2014 death of Hailey Owens.

Wood shot Hailey in the back of the head after raping her. Defense attorneys said Wood would actually suffer more if he were given life in prison and had to think every day about the “unthinkable harm” he had done.

Judge Thomas Mountjoy will decide Jan. 11 whether Wood will get the death penalty or life in prison.

 

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal investigators have determined that a fire last week at a Kansas restaurant run by a Middle Eastern family was intentionally set.

The Petra Mediterranean Restaurant in Wichita was destroyed Wednesday. The words “Go back” were painted on a nearby storage unit.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the fire.

The FBI, which investigates hate crimes, was notified last week.

The restaurant’s owners, Ranya Taha and Bashar Mahanweh, said last week that they thought the fire might have been a hate crime. They also said the community has rallied around them and they have lived in Wichita for years and have always found the community to be loving and supportive.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The death certificate for a black man killed by Topeka police in September says he died from gunshot wounds to his back.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports obtained a copy of Dominique White’s death certificate Saturday. The document isn’t a public record.

Topeka police said initially that White was shot after a struggle and that at least one shot struck his chest.

The department declined to discuss the death certificate Monday and referred questions to Lawrence police, who are investigating the shooting. Lawrence police described the investigation as “ongoing.”

Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay says his office will review the investigative report once it’s completed.

A group demanding to know what happened has been camping since Thursday in front of the law enforcement headquarters in Topeka.

DICKINSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three suspects on drug charges.

On November 3, deputies from the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at a home in the 100 Block of North Grant Street in Enterprise, according to a media release.

The search revealed illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia in the home.

Police arrested 58-year-old Brian Dean Albertson, 56-year-old Marilyn Ann Albertson and 34-year-old Christopher Daniel Albertson, all from Enterprise.

Brian and Marilyn were booked for alleged distribution of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, no drug tax stamp, and child endangerment.

Christopher was booked for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, no drug tax stamp, and child endangerment. He has previous convictions for Aggravated Indecent Liberties, fondling of someone under the age of 16 and Criminal Restraint.

Deputies also seized over 13 ounces of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Two children at the home were placed into protective custody.