DODGE CITY – Law enforcement authorities in Ford County are investigating a double homicide and abduction.

The Dodge City Police Department reported in a media release that just before 10:30 on Sunday morning, officers were dispatched to 310 W. Frontview for a reported shooting.

Upon the officers arrival they found an adult male gunshot victim in the parking lot. The victim was transported to Western Plains Regional Hospital where he died.

Just after 10:30 a.m. on Sunday a reported abduction occurred from 1701 N. 14th Street.

Upon the officers arrival they were told a male suspect removed an adult female from the location at gunpoint.

Officers located the suspect’s vehicle in the abduction just before noon in the 400 block of Crawford in Dodge City.

The abducted female and male suspect occupied the vehicle.

As law enforcement was trying to make contact with the subjects the suspect shot the female and then turned the gun on himself. The female later died at the hospital and the suspect is listed in critical condition in a Wichita hospital. At this time there are no other suspects wanted in the incident and both incidents are related.