NESS COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday morning outside a residence in Ransom, Kansas, according to a media release from the KBI.
Preliminary information indicates that on Tuesday morning, 911 calls were placed indicating a man was armed with a firearm and making threats inside a residence at an unknown address in Ransom. Deputies pinpointed the exact house where the domestic disturbance was occurring, and multiple sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene at 207 S. Vermont St. A sheriff’s deputy began talking to the armed man on the phone. They identified the man as Jesse L. Nicholls, 46, of Ransom.
The deputy eventually convinced Nicholls to come out of the house. When Nicholls came out and into the front yard, he initially complied with commands to put the pistol he was carrying down, but then picked it up and fired toward the ground. Immediately upon Nicholls’ firing of the weapon, a deputy from the Ness County Sheriff’s Office fired multiple times striking Nicholls.
EMS, who had been staged in the area, quickly responded and attempted life-saving measures. They transported Nicholls to the Grisell Memorial Hospital. Medical intervention was unsuccessful, and Nicholls was pronounced dead at the hospital. No deputies were injured during the shooting.
The KBI will conduct a thorough and independent investigation into this incident. Once the investigation concludes, the findings will be turned over to the Ness County Attorney for review.
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NESS COUNTY —The KBI and our Crime Scene Response Team are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Ransom, Kansas, involving the Ness County Sheriff's Office, according to a media release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The shooting took place just before 10 a.m. near Vermont Ave. and 3rd Street in Ransom.
No sheriff's deputies were injured. A male suspect was shot during the incident, and has since died from his injuries.
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NESS COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting.
On Tuesday morning, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation responded to an officer-involved shooting in Ness County, according to KBI spokesperson Melissa Underwood.
No law enforcement officers were injured. One subject was hospitalized.
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