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Kansas authorities looking for suspect who seriously injured man while stealing his car
MIAMI COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) – The Miami County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect involved in a reported car theft.
In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office detailed an incident that happened around 3:45 a.m. on June 22.
According to the post, deputies were called to 69 Highway at 232nd Street and found a man with a serious head injury.
They learned that one of the man’s family members had called him for help after their car broke down on the side of the highway. The man drove to the site in a black 2004 GMC Envoy and was helping the family member when an unknown man approached them and stole the GMC.
The victim tried to intervene, but was either hit by or thrown from the GMC in the process. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and is in critical condition.
The sheriff’s office described the suspect as a tall white man with a tattoo on one of his wrists, possibly the left wrist. At the time of the theft, he was wearing black or gray pants, a black t-shirt and a black baseball cap.
He was last seen driving the GMC north on 69 Highway, and other law enforcement agencies have been alerted to its stolen status.
Investigators are asking the public to step forward with any of the following:
- Anyone who saw someone walking near 69 Highway and 232nd Street between 2:15 a.m. and 3:45 a.m.
- Anyone who saw the theft or the injured victim
- Anyone who saw a silver Mercury Grand Marquis parked on the 69 Highway off-ramp at 247th Street between 2:15 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. Investigators have tried to contact the registered owner multiple times without success.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division at (913) 294-3232 ext 7157 for Det. Peuser or remain anonymous by calling the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS (8477).
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