PRATT- Law enforcement authorities in Pratt County successfully completed a manhunt with an arrest on Thursday.

According to the Sheriff’s office, Pratt County deputy made a traffic stop 3 miles south and 6 miles east of Pratt on a vehicle that had been reported as suspicious and looking around a rural residence.

A passenger immediately jumped out of the vehicle and ran.

The suspect, identified by the office as Shawn Hammond, 24, Pratt, was wanted on Felony charges for possession of firearms and controlled substances. A perimeter was in place within minutes and roads in the area were blocked.

K-9 units from Barber County, Pawnee County, and the Kansas Highway Patrol as well as officers from all of those agencies and the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office searched the area for over 3 hours.

Just after 3:30 p.m. the suspect was spotted at a residence drinking from a garden hose about a mile from where he ran from the vehicle.

The suspect ran into a wooded, pasture area and was quickly apprehended.

He is being held in the Pratt County Jail.

No officers or the suspect were injured.