SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged aggravated assault.

Just after 1 a.m. on August 23, Lee Roy McCray, 55, allegedly assaulted a 44-year-old Salina man with a knife at the Budget King Motel, 809 North Broadway in Salina, according to Police Capt. Paul Forrester

The victim was staying at the motel with a female acquaintance when he was attacked. McCray fled after leaving a six-inch cut on the left forearm of the victim.

Emergency medical services transported the victim to the hospital and police issued a warrant for McCray’s arrest.

Police arrested him his place of employment Monday and booked him into the Saline County Jail for aggravated assault, criminal threat, aggravated battery and battery.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita mother is hoping someone will return a bag with medical equipment designed especially for her toddler daughter.

Rachel Butler says someone broke into her car this weekend while it was parked near Old Towne and took the vital equipment. Butler’s 2-year-old daughter, Ava, has Moebius Syndrome, which causes her facial muscles to freeze. KAKE-TV reports that requires her to eat special food, usually with a tube. She also has a deformed foot, which requires a special shoe for her to walk.

All that equipment was in the bag stolen from Butler’s car.

Butler says there were no signs of the bag in the area and surveillance cameras weren’t aimed at her vehicle.

She’s working with insurance companies to determine how to replace the equipment.

MCPHERSON COUNTY—  The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is in charge of investigating a Monday night fatal officer involved shooting in McPherson County. On Tuesday, police identified the man who died as 24-year-old William Matt Holmes, 24, Newton.  A passenger in the vehicle was arrested at the scene.

Just after 10:30p.m. Monday, Newton Police officers attempted to stop a vehicle reported to have been involved with a car burglary. The vehicle fled the scene and led officers on a high-speed chase north on Interstate 135. Speeds during the chase reached over 100-mles per hour, according to police.

After running over stop sticks, the vehicle came to a stop in the median near mile marker 51.

The occupants of the vehicle refused to exit for several minutes, and then when the driver came out, he became combative.

Officers expended every less lethal option, trying bean bag rounds, a Taser, and even a K-9, but those efforts were unsuccessful. When the driver tried to harm the K-9, an officer attempted to physically subdue him.

During the altercation, the driver got ahold of the officer’s gun and tried to pull it away from the officer. The Newton officer told other officers and asked for help. A McPherson County Deputy saw the driver trying to take the gun and felt compelled to use lethal force to protect our officer’s life.

First aid was immediately rendered and the Holmes was transported to a hospital where he died.

Both officers involved were treated for injuries sustained and are in good condition.

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MCPHERSON COUNTY — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is in charge of investigating a Monday night officer involved shooting in McPherson County.

Just after 10:30 p.m. Monday, Newton Police officers attempted to stop a vehicle reported to have been involved in a car burglary. The vehicle fled the scene and led officers on a high-speed chase north on Interstate-135, according to a social media report.

After running over stop sticks, the vehicle came to a stop in the median just north of Moundridge.
The occupants of the vehicle refused to exit for several minutes, and then when the driver came out, he became combative. Officers expended every less lethal option, trying bean bag rounds, a Taser, and even a K-9, but those efforts were unsuccessful. When the driver tried to harm the K-9, an officer attempted to physically subdue him.

During the altercation, the driver got ahold of the officer’s gun and tried to pull it away from the officer. The Newton officer told other officers and asked for help. A McPherson County Deputy saw the driver trying to take the gun and felt compelled to use lethal force to protect the officer’s life.

First aid was immediately rendered and the driver was transported to a hospital where he died.

Both officers involved were treated for injuries sustained and are in good condition. Police did not release the name of the driver.

MEADE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a Sedgwick County jail inmate at the Meade County Jail.

Preliminary reports indicate the inmate died just before 7:30p.m. Monday following a fight with another inmate, according to Lt. Lin Dehning with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department.

After lifesaving measures were attempted by paramedics the inmate was pronounced dead at the scene.

The inmate, a 30-year-old man from Wichita, was being held on misdemeanor charges and had been in custody for almost a month, according to Dehning.  His family has been notified and his identity is being withheld at their request.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office currently has 43 inmates housed in the Meade County Jail.
The KBI is in charge of the death investigation.

COWLEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an apparent accidental shooting.

Just before 10:30p.m. Monday police responded to residence in the 100 Block of West Cedar Avenue in Arkansas City, according to a social media report.

They found a 25-year-old woman sitting on the floor of the home with gunshot wound to her upper left let.

After further investigation, officers learned that another person inside the residence was attempting to a clear a .22-caliber rifle when it accidentally discharged and hit the woman.

She was transported to South Central Kansas Medical Center for treatment and later was airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for further treatment.

No arrests have been made. Police did not release the name of the victim.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say Royals pitcher Danny Duffy has been cited for driving under the influence.

The Kansas City Star reports that the infraction happened Sunday night in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. Police spokesman Brian Payne said he could not release further details until the police report is completed, probably sometime Tuesday afternoon. Payne didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.

The Royals did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The Royals’ No. 1 starter, Duffy has been on the disabled list since Saturday because of a sore left elbow. An MRI exam revealed no structural damage and the Royals hope to have him back this season.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Rescuing people from flooding is becoming routine for two men at a Missouri landscaping business.

The Kansas City Star reports that Spencer Sherf and Cyrus Dawson took off Monday for the Gulf Coast in a military surplus Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck. They plan to coordinate their efforts with authorities in Texas.

They got their first taste at rescue work last week when they drove the 20-ton vehicle to Overland Park, Kansas, with the intent of saving a family of seven trapped on the roof of their flooded home. But by the time they got there, the family had climbed down.

When the military vehicle isn’t rescuing people, it’s used by Dawson’s Stonehenge Landscape & Exteriors in Blue Springs to deliver materials for new swimming pools, landscaping and masonry jobs.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas homeowner association says a couple caring for an ailing parent must stop parking a third car in their driveway overnight because its parking policy requires vehicles to be kept in garages.

The Kansas City Star reports that the Avignon Villa Homes Community Association says it has a responsibility to maintain “the integrity” of the Olathe neighborhood where Stuart and Marsha Holland live with her parents. Her father 83-year-old father is battling cancer.

The issue has pit neighbor against neighbor in an HOA already embroiled in a lawsuit with another homeowner over a landscaping project it deemed was “over the top.” Legal fees in that case are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Stuart Holland says “there appears to be no sense of compassion, no sense of empathy.”

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man suspected of killing a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain will undergo a third evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial.

Defense attorneys for 21-year-old Jamaal Lewis sought the evaluation by a defense expert. Lewis already has been evaluated locally and at Larned State Hospital.

The Kansas City Star reports District Judge Wes Griffin granted the defense request Monday. A status hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5.

Lewis is charged with capital murder in the July 2016 shooting death of Police Capt. Robert David Melton in Kansas City, Kansas.

Melton was investigating a shooting when a man fired shots into Melton’s patrol car, killing him.

DAVID PITT, Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Many wheat farmers facing low prices have turned this year to other crops, including chickpeas and lentils, in hopes of turning a profit.