PITTSBURG, Kan. — One girl is useless and one other injured after a Friday evening capturing in Pittsburg, in response to police.
Police mentioned they had been referred to as at about 10:45 p.m. Friday to the 100 block of West twenty third Avenue, the place 911 callers had reported “a number of” gunshots, in response to a launch from the police division.
Stephanie Marie Quick, 40, of Pittsburg, was injured from a number of gunshot wounds and was finally pronounced useless on the scene after life-saving efforts proved unsuccessful, police mentioned.
One other girl, Velma Marie Cubie, 46, of Kansas Metropolis, additionally was injured by the gunfire and was taken to Ascension By way of Christi Hospital, the place she stays in steady situation, police mentioned.
Police mentioned they arrested a suspect, James C. Hamilton, 39, of Pittsburg, on the scene and took him to the police division for questioning.
The suspect later was taken to the Crawford County Jail and booked on one rely of first-degree homicide and one rely of first-degree tried homicide, in response to the discharge.
Police have requested that the suspect be held with out bond.
The capturing stays underneath investigation by the police division, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Workplace and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Anybody with data is requested to name the Pittsburg Police Division at 620-231-1700 or 620-231-TIPS (8477). Callers might stay nameless.