MANHATTAN – Police in Riley County responded to the area surrounding and the residence of 3303 Shady Valley Drive outside of the city limits of Manhattan, Kansas at approximately 10:07 a.m. on December 21, 2015. This response came after police received a report of a female brandishing a firearm in the backyard of the residence and firing multiple rounds.
Officers arrived on scene and found that the adult female had gone inside of her home and barricaded herself inside. Police made contact with this female via telephone and communicated with her for several hours. At approximately 6:35 p.m. police were able to take this female into custody with no significant injury.
Shawn Nichole Muller, 28, was booked for aggravated assault; use of a deadly weapon. Bond was set at $20,000.
The Riley County Police Department was assisted by the Junction City Police Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Riley County Emergency Management, and Riley County EMS during this incident. RCPD would like to thank these agencies for their support. The Riley County Police Department would also like to thank the American Red Cross for their assistance in providing accommodations for displaced residents and law enforcement personnel during this nearly 8 and a half hour long incident.
Officers and detectives continue to investigate this matter and anticipate additional information to be released on Tuesday
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MANHATTAN – As of 4 p.m., police continued to work to find a peaceful solution to the situation at 3303 Shady Valley Drive in Manhattan.
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MANHATTAN- Law enforcement authorities in Riley County are outside a home near Shady Valley Drive and Valleywood Drive in Manhattan after a report of shots fired just after 9.am. on Monday and a woman barricaded inside a home.
The area is still closed to traffic and residents in the are were asked to stay indoors.
The Riley County Police mobile command center and additional officers arrived on the scene just before 11a.m. The officers are equipped with tactical gear and rifles.
It is unclear at the time of call to police if shots were fired, according to police spokesman Mat Droge on the scene. “Original reports were of shots fired,” he said. As officers arrived, the suspect barricaded herself in the residence. She is
talking to officers by phone as they work for a peaceful resolution, according to Droge.
“The tactical team was called in because of their training with barricaded suspects,” he said. “To our knowledge, she is the only person in the home and a hostage negotiator is talking to her.”
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