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Ricky Thompson

Gender : Male

Age : 45

Race : Black

Date : 10/21/2023

Location : Unknown

City : Johnson City

County : Stanton

State : Kansas

Agency : Stanton County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, SWAT

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A juvenile female went to the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office with unspecified injuries inflicted by 45-year-old Ricky Thompson. Police obtained a search warrant and went to his trailer home but he allegedly blocked the door and uttered verbal threats. The Kansas Highway Patrol arrived and both law enforcement agencies launched a lengthy standoff against the man yelling at them in the trailer. Police breached his door with an armored vehicle and officers threw in a cell phone, demanding to talk to him. A drone was sent into the home and showed he was injured. Police entered and found him with a gunshot wound to the head, allegedly having committed suicide under police duress during the lengthy police militarized standoff around his home.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kwch.com/2023/10/21/kbi-stanton-co-standoff-ends-with-suspect-shooting-himself-authorities-believe/