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UPDATE: Shoppers followed, robbed along Kansas highway

Photo Pratt Co. Sheriff
Photo Pratt Co. Sheriff

PRATT COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Pratt County continue to investigate a Friday November 25 robbery.

Deputies say they have reason to believe the victim was targeted while shopping and a vehicle followed them out of town.  The two individuals the sheriff’s department is asking for help in identifying are persons of interest at this time, according to a media release.

On Wednesday, the sheriff released a surveillance photo of the vehicle believed involved in the robbery.

Deputies reported just after 8 p.m. a family was driving on U.S. 281 approximately 11 miles north of Pratt when another vehicle passed them and then slowed in their lane of travel and stopped.

Two men got out of a dark gray small SUV and approached the driver. One of the men produced a handgun, broke out the driver’s side window of the family’s vehicle and demanded money.

The driver handed over his billfold and, at that time, was hit in the head with the handgun. The two suspects got into their vehicle and fled north on U.S. 281.

Late Monday, Pratt County Sheriff officials were able to determine one round was fired at the vehicle during that robbery.

A shell casing and bullet were recovered, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies are also following leads trying to identify the suspect vehicle, a small gray SUV and the two suspects in it.

They say It’s very possible someone drove by going south during this robbery.

Anyone traveling on U.S. 281 Highway on the night of Nov. 25 during this time is asked to call the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office if they saw anything concerning two vehicle which would have been stopped in the northbound lanes.

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