Raw Video Courtesy Jessica Moore

 

ELLIS COUNTY– Law enforcement authorities in Ellis County arrested two suspects late Tuesday after an armed robbery at the Casey’s General Store, located near Interstate 70, in Ellis, according to a media release.

Witnesses provided law enforcement a description of the vehicle and police spotted the car near the U.S. 183 bypass west of Hays.

A chase started, and the suspect’s hit vehicle hit a guardrail.

Both men left the vehicle and fled on foot.

Thirty officers, four dogs and the Kansas Highway Patrol plane responded to search for the suspects.

Shannon Smith was found around 8:30 p.m. in a drainage ditch along I-70.

He is wanted on a warrant in Alabama.

Just after 11 p.m., the second suspect, Jessie Holland was located hiding in a KDOT vehicle near the scene.

They are being held on a $100,000 bond.

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ELLIS COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Ellis County arrested two suspects allegedly involved in an armed robbery at the Casey’s General Store in Ellis on Tuesday, according to police.

The robbery led to a chase. The suspects crashed their vehicle just off I-70 exit 157 near Hays and ran from the vehicle.

After a 3-hour search including officers from the Kansas Highway Patrol the suspects were arrested.

Additional details are expected to be released sometime Wednesday.

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By James Bell
Hays Post

Since at least 8 p.m. traffic has been stopped on the US 183 Hwy. Bypass from 27th St. North and the surrounding area as a search for a subject or subjects is underway as law enforcement is combing the area.

The circumstances leading to the search are unknown at this time, however, eyewitness reports indicate a green four door Honda civic was crashed in the area. The vehicle had struck a guardrail off the interstate near the US Hwy. 183 bypass.

Hays Police, Kansas Highway Patrol, Ellis County Sheriff’s and Fort Hays Police are on the scene, with the assistance of a KHP plane searching the area.

Scanner traffic indicates a weapon has been found in the area.

Unconfirmed reports suggest the search is related to an armed robbery that occurred in Ellis earlier this evening.

At 10:05 p.m. scanner traffic indicated one suspect had been apprehended and another was still being sought. Around the same time reports of a rifle and a shotgun from the crashed vehicle had been recovered.

At 11:13 p.m. officers were indicated over the scanner than the second suspect was in custody.

Hays Post will update the story as information becomes available.