SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating shooting and asking the public for help to locate a suspect.

Just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, a shooting was reported in the 2200 block of SE Turnpike Avenue it Topeka, according to Lt. Aaron Jones.

Police identified 35-year-old Mario Dewun ONeal, Sr.  as the suspect. ONeal left the scene in a black SUV with a 60-day tag. Police have no make or model information of the SUV.

A second vehicle, a silver 2002 Pontiac Grand Am, was also involved in the crime.

ONeal may be armed with a handgun. Probable cause exists for an arrest of ONeal at this time, according to Jones. He has five previous drug convictions and additional driving convictions, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is encouraged to contact the Topeka Police

Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered flags to belowered at half staff from sunup to sundown Friday, in honor of the 37th annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony.

Governor Laura Kelly orders flags lowered to half-staff tomorrow, May 3 in honor of the 37th annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony from sunup to sundown. Kelly will also declare May 3 as “Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Day” by signing an official proclamation tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/705O2MHQff

— Kansas.gov (@ksgovernment) May 2, 2019

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A prosecutor has determined that a suburban Kansas City police officer was justified in shooting and wounding an 18-year-old homicide suspect.

The Johnson County, Kansas, district attorney said Tuesday in the ruling that Matthew Bibee Jr. made comments that indicated his intent to kill the officer.

Bibee began shooting on March 31 after an officer confronted him because he matched the description of a suspect in an attempted carjacking. Bibee sustained shrapnel wound to his wrist. Investigators said that as Bibee was being led to a police car, he shouted that he was trying to take the officer’s “life first.”

Bibee is jailed on $1 million bond on charges that include battery on a law enforcement officer and first-degree murder in the March 29 killing of 17-year-old Rowan Padgett.

PAWNEE COUNTY— A Kansas man was sentenced Tuesday in Pawnee County Court after on a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of fourteen.

In February Benjamin Paredes, 29, Larned, entered a no contest plea in the  incident at a private residence in August of 2018, according to a media release from the Pawnee County Attorney.

After hearing statements of counsel, District Judge Bruce Gatterman sentenced Paredes to the standard sentence under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines of 94 months in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC).

The Court further ordered the defendant be subject to lifetime registration as a violent sex offender.

The case was investigated by the Larned Police Department with the assistance of the Family Crisis Child Advocacy Center of Great Bend.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery and ask the public for help to identify possible suspects.

Just before 10p.m. Tuesday, police responded to report of a robbery in the 1300 Block of North Oliver in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.

A 32-year-old female and 35-year-old male employee told police that two unknown suspects armed with knives entered the business and demanded money. During the robbery they slashed the female employee with a knife that caused a minor injury, according to Davidson. The suspects took money and fled the store.

One suspect is described as an unknown race male in his mid 20s, 5-foot-5, weighs approximately 140 pounds, wore a black hoody, blue jeans, blue or purple gloves and wore a skeleton mask. The other suspect is described as an unknown race male in his mid 20s, 5-foot-5, weighs approximately 140 pounds, wore a black jacket over a maroon hoody, grey sweats, a black stocking cap, a black glove on one hand and a skeleton mask.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

RICE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Rice County Sheriff’s Office provided a brief update on the investigation taking place in Rice County.

The Rice County Undersheriff is currently in serious condition, and the prognosis for his recovery is good.

A fund was established for those inquiring about how they can assist during his recovery. Donations can be made at the Alden State Bank in Sterling, or mailed to the bank at:
Alden State Bank
Attn: Chad Murphy Fund
P.O. Box 288
Sterling, KS 67579
Donations will be used for medical expenses, or other personal or family expenses related to this incident.

The investigation into the shootings in Sterling and Raymond has brought up questions related to the investigation into the 2015 disappearance of Megan Foglesong. This missing person case remains open, and considerable efforts continue in an effort to solve the case. David Madden is suspected to have been involved in Foglesong’s disappearance.

If any new information or evidence is discovered during the course of the current investigations taking place in Rice County, it will be pursued and fully investigated. However, presently, no new information or leads have emerged since the recent shootings. If anyone has information about the disappearance of Megan Foglesong, please contact the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME.

TOPEKA – April tax receipts came in $81.2 million above estimates at $1.2 billion; $256.4 million more than the same month last year.

Individual income tax receipts are $69.8 million more than the estimate at $808.1 million. Corporate income taxes receipts are $8.5 million above estimates at $104.8 million; $6.0 million more than April 2018.

“Increases in the receipts can be attributed to one-time tax payments on capital gains income and economic growth coupled with changes in federal and state income tax law,” Secretary Mark Burghart said. “While we are seeing our state begin to stabilize following years of turmoil, it’s important that we continue to be cautious.”

Retail sales tax receipts show $200.5 million in collections, a decrease of approximately $2.4 million, or 1.2% below April 2018.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on efforts to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of an abortion bill (all times local):

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Republicans in the Kansas Legislature have narrowly failed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to require doctors to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped after the first of two pills.

The Senate voted 27-13 Wednesday with no votes to spare to override the veto. But the vote in the House was 82-43, two short of the two-thirds majority needed for an override.

Kelly said the bill is an unwarranted intrusion between patients and their doctors.

Abortion opponents say such measures ensure that women harboring doubts about ending their pregnancies will learn that they can stop a medication abortion after the first of two pills. Abortion-rights supporters say such mandates force doctors to present patients with dubious information.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate has overridden Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill requiring abortion providers to tell patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after it’s been started.

The vote Wednesday was 27-13, just the two-thirds majority needed.

The House would vote next, possibly Wednesday, and appears to have the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto.

Kelly said the bill is an unwarranted intrusion between patients and their doctors.

Abortion opponents say such measures ensure that women harboring doubts about ending their pregnancies will learn that they can stop a medication abortion after the first of two pills. Abortion-rights supporters say such mandates force doctors to present patients with dubious information.

Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, South Dakota, North Dakota and Kentucky all have similar laws.