
BARTON COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Barton County are investigating a drive by shooting.
Just after 11p.m. Saturday, officers from the Great Bend Police Department were dispatched to 1809 Jackson Street, in reference to a “drive-by” shooting, according to a media release.
Upon interviewing witnesses, officers came to believe that a suspect in a maroon Dodge Durango drove by the residence and fired multiple times into the residence. The occupant of the house, Matthew Jones, age 51, was inside but was not injured.
The Department is also working a separate incident, in which a yoga studio on 10th Street had rounds fired into the building. At this time, there is no information to indicate that the two incidents are related.
Officers were able to locate and recover several bullets from inside the house on Jackson Street.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Great Bend Police Department at 620-793-4120 or Crimestoppers at 620-792-1300. Crimestoppers is a service that lets people give tips anonymously and provides cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest.