On September 08, 2023, at 8:36pm the Linn County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center received a call of a suicidal subject who was posting suicidal comments on Facebook. The person was known to visit the Linn County, Kansas area and friends and relatives believed that they may be in Linn County.
On Facebook,
the individual suggested that he would end his life or cause it to be ended by
Law Enforcement. Their phone was pinged, and it was found to be in northern
Bourbon County. Later, the phone was pinged again and found to be around 950
RD. and Gorman LN. (Critzer Lake area) in Linn County.
Linn County Deputy
Sheriff’s arrived to search for the suicidal individual and found him at the
Critzer Lake parking area with a handgun. One of the responding Deputies
circled the parking area and took up post between the subject and a pier, where
citizens were fishing. Deputies negotiated with the individual for some time,
and he suggested that he was “done” and he would not be “talked down”. He then began
to shoot erratically about the area and Deputies took cover.
Linn County
Deputies then responded with an armored vehicle to rescue the citizens and the
Deputy from the area of the pier as they were pinned down and could not exit
the area due to the suicidal individual shooting erratically about the area. A
drone was deployed to be able to watch the area and movements of the persons
involved in the incident.
When
Deputies entered the area in the armored vehicle to retrieve the innocent
bystanders the suicidal individual began shooting and finally took his own
life. No gunfire was exchanged as the suicidal subject was the only shooter in
this incident.
The case is
under further investigation.
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