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Rickey Thompson
Gender : Male
Age : 45
Race : Black
Date : 05/11/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Johnson City
County : Stanton
State : Kansas
Agency : Stanton County Sheriff’s Office, Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Highway Patrol S
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Stanton County deputies were sent to a location where an altercation had taken place. A juvenile who had been involved in the confrontation that had ended when police arrived emerged from a trailer home while the alleged assailant, Ricky Thompson, 45, was locked inside. Stanton County deputies, Grant County deputies and Kansas Highway Patrol Special Response Team escalated a SWAT standoff and breached the home with armored vehicles, sent in drones and fired less-lethal munitions until the man committed suicide under police duress.
