Updated May 1 at 4 p.m.
LYONS, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation gave a brief update on the Monday shooting involving the Rice County sheriff and undersheriff.
The KBI also took time Wednesday to address David Madden’s possible connection to Megan Foglesong, whose name came up during the Wednesday press conference. The KBI stated that the case remains open and considerable efforts continue in an effort to solve the case. David Madden is suspected to have been involved in Foglesong’s disappearance. Madden and Foglesong dated off and on. She was last seen December of 2015.
KBI officials said any new information or evidence discovered during the course of the current investigations taking place in Rice County will be pursued and fully investigated. They also said that no new information or leads in the missing person case have emerged since the recent shootings.
Meanwhile, a fund was established for those inquiring about how they can assist undersheriff Chad Murphy during his recovery. Donations can be made at the Alden State Bank in Sterling or mailed to the bank at P.O. Box 288, Sterling, Kansas 67579.
Donations will be used for medical expenses or other personal or family expenses related to this incident. Murphy has been upgraded to serious, but stable, condition after he was shot four times by Madden.
Updated April 30 at 3:36 p.m.
STERLING, Kan. — The investigation continues into the shooting of both the Rice County sheriff and undersheriff in two separate incidents. Stephen Rosebrough the assistant special agent in charge with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation gave an update on the shooting that left Undersheriff Chad Murphy in critical condition and Sheriff Bryant Evans with a leg wound.
Rosebrough was not able to shed a lot of light on the matter other than a rundown of the events that took place up to the point they found suspect David Madden dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officials also announced that the other body found in the home where the standoff occurred was Madden’s father, 65-year-old Thomas Madden.
According to Rosebrough, the investigation suggests that when Madden shot the undersheriff, a female and a child accompanied him in the vehicle. Madden then fled the area and drove to his residence in Alden to retrieve guns and ammunition. He then went to his father’s home, where it is believed he fatally shot Thomas Madden before the sheriff and deputy arrived. Then it is believed the female left the scene. A short time later, when the sheriff arrived at approximately 5:40 p.m., he was fired upon and shot in the leg. After the sheriff was shot, Madden exchanged gunfire with additional responding law enforcement officers.
KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response Team remain in Rice County interviewing witnesses and assisting the Rice County Sheriff’s Office in processing multiple crime scenes. The condition of the undersheriff remains critical but stable. The sheriff was released from the hospital. So far, the woman that was with Madden has not been arrested. Rosebrough could not disclose her name or what possible connection she had with the suspect.
Madden was a suspect in the 2015 disappearance of Megan Foglesong and was also indicted last week on federal firearms charges. Rosebrough says the warrant that officers were stopping Madden for was not related to the woman’s disappearance.
STERLING, Kan. (AP) — The latest on a shooting that wounded a Kansas sheriff and undersheriff (all times local):
7:25 a.m.
Authorities have found two bodies in a Kansas home after a standoff that followed the shooting of a sheriff and undersheriff.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that the Rice County undersheriff was shot and critically wounded around 5 p.m. Monday after attempting to stop a car north of the small town of Sterling, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Wichita.
The release says the sheriff and a deputy then pursued the suspect to a home in a nearby town, where the sheriff was shot in the leg in an exchange of gunfire.
A KBI official said at the scene early Tuesday that two men’s bodies were found at the home after a standoff. Authorities haven’t released their identities, but the bureau says there is no risk to the community.
RICE COUNTY – The Rice County Sheriff Bryant Evans and Undersheriff Chad Murphy were shot at separate locations in Rice County, on Monday evening. Agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) responded to investigate the shootings, and assist in attempts to apprehend the suspect.
Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 5:10 p.m. Monday, Rice County Undersheriff Murphy attempted a car stop near the Sonic Restaurant, just north of the Sterling city limits. The car stop was related to a warrant for the vehicle’s occupant, David L. Madden, 37, of Alden.
Within approximately thirty seconds of initiating the car stop, the Undersheriff radioed to dispatch that he had been shot. EMS responded, and he was flown to a Wichita hospital. Murphy is being treated for four gunshot wounds, and is currently in critical, but stable condition.
Following the shooting of the Undersheriff, Rice County Sheriff Bryant Evans learned information that Madden likely fled to a residence in rural Rice County, southeast of Raymond. He and another sheriff’s deputy arrived at the residence and encountered Madden. Gunshots were exchanged, and one round struck the Sheriff in the leg.
The Sheriff and deputy called for assistance and additional law enforcement agencies responded. Authorities were able to surround the home, and establish a perimeter.
The Sheriff was taken to a hospital in Lyons, Kan., and was then transported to a Wichita hospital. The Sheriff is currently in good condition.
With multiple law enforcement agencies on scene, the standoff at the residence in Rice County ended early Tuesday, according to the KBI.
RICE COUNTY— The Kansas Bureau of Investigation respond to the city Sterling in Rice County late Monday afternoon, according to a statement of the Bureau.
Two law enforcement officers from the Rice County Sheriffs Office have been shot.
According to the KBI, the two officers wounded in Sterling are Rice County Sheriff Bryant Evans and the Rice County Undersheriff Chad Murphy.
The suspect is 37-year-old David L. Madden.
We are trying to confirm their conditions but the situation is still very fluid currently. Information is still pending on the status of the suspect, according to Melissa Underwood with the KBI.
Check the Post for additional details as they become available.