GRAY COUNTY – A Gray County sheriff’s deputy was shot early Saturday morning when responding to the report of a domestic dispute, and the suspect was later discovered dead inside the home.
Just after 1a.m. Saturday, the Gray County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). KBI agents, the High Risk Warrant Team and the Crime Scene Response Team responded, according to a media release from the KBI.
Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 10:50 p.m., Friday, July 17, Gray County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence at 609 E. Ave. A in Cimarron, Kan. after a domestic dispute was reported at the location. When they responded to the home, they observed two subjects exiting the residence. After questioning them, deputies became concerned for the safety of the homeowner still inside, 49-year-old Kevin Trahern.
At approximately 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, three deputies from the Gray County Sheriff’s Office entered the house to try to locate Trahern. They entered through the back door, and a deputy started down the basement stairs when Trahern fired shots through the basement door, striking the deputy three times. The deputy returned fire, and all deputies retreated to safety.
Deputies rendered aid to the injured deputy who had been shot in his legs and foot. EMS transported the deputy to Western Plains Regional Hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries. He has since been released from the hospital.
Following the shooting, a standoff at the residence ensued. Multiple agencies assisted including the KBI High Risk Warrant Team, the Dodge City Police Department tactical team, the Garden City Police Department tactical team, the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Ford County Sheriff’s
Office, and the Hodgeman County Sheriff’s Office.
At approximately 1:40 p.m. Saturday afternoon, law enforcement officers entered the residence
and found Trahern deceased inside, from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
An autopsy will be performed. The KBI will conduct an independent and complete investigation into this incident.
The investigation is ongoing. Nothing further will be released at this time.
GRAY COUNTY — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a Kansas sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded during an investigation of an alleged domestic disturbance Saturday in Gray County.
According to the Gray County Sheriff's office, deputies responded early Saturday to the 600 block of East Avenue A near Cimarron in southwest Kansas.
A woman reported that a man may have injured himself with a firearm. While law enforcement was investigating, shots were fired from the basement of the home injuring one officer in the lower leg.
EMS transported the deputy to Western Plains Regional hospital in Dodge City, and his injuries are not considered life-threatening, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The suspect barricaded himself in the home.
Just after 1:30pm. Saturday, deputies broke into the home and found the suspect dead.
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GRAY COUNTY — A Kansas sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded during an investigation of an alleged domestic disturbance Saturday in Gray County.
According to the Gray County Sheriff's office, deputies responded early Saturday to the 600 block of East Avenue A near Cimarron in southwest Kansas.
A woman reported that a man may have injured himself with a firearm. While law enforcement was investigating, shots were fired from the basement of the home injuring one officer in the lower leg. He was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is in stable condition.
The suspect was still believed to be barricaded inside his residence.
Special Agents from the KBI and members of their Tactical Team, KHP Troopers, Ford County Sheriff’s Office Command Staff and Deputies along with members of the Dodge City PD SWAT Unit, Garden City PD SWAT Unit and the Hodgeman County Sheriff’s Office as well as Gray and Ford County EMS were on the scene.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.