9:30 a.m.  The Great Bend Police Department has released the names of the three people shot Wednesday night in Great Bend.  According to GBPD, 23-year-old Hope Huslig of Great Bend was transported to a Wichita hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  30-year-old Larry Norman was treated and released from Great Bend Regional Hospital along with 20-year-old Saedra Walters of Larned.

Police Chief Dean Aikings said it appears all three were injured as the result of a shotgun blast from a suspect who remains at large.  Huslig was shot in the chest area while Norman and Walters were injured by shotgun pellets.  Aikings said this was not a random shooting and was an isolated incident. Police believe the victims knew their attacker. Aikings said a search warrant was executed last night at an unnamed location but no arrests have been made.

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GREAT BEND (AP) — Great Bend police say a woman was critically injured and two others suffered less serious injuries in a shooting in the Barton County community.

Police said in a news release that the shooting happened Wednesday night, and it is being investigated as an attempted homicide.

The woman was flown to Wesley Medical Center. Another woman and a man were treated and released for their wounds. The victims were in their 20s or 30s.

Great Bend police say the victims apparently knew the shooter. Officers continue to search for the suspect.