from Randy Picking salinapost.com

DELPHOS – And, our Salina newsroom is reporting that shortly after 9 a-m this morning, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department requested assistance from the Kansas Highway Patrol in locating a person who fled the area of the Delphos CO-OP when approached by employees.

Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers and an Ottawa County Sheriff’s Deputy spotted the suspect west of town walking along a creek, a creek into which the person fled when approached.

At around 1020 a-m, troopers searching the creek bed located the suspect at which point gunfire was exchanged and the suspect was fatally wounded.

The suspect has not been identified and the crime scene has been turned over to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for investigation.