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AROUND THE COUNTRY yrs. FAIRWAY, KS. Fairway Police Officer Jonah Oswald was shot while attempting to arrest two suspects and he later died. FAIRWAY, KS. –Jonah Oswald, 29, was a four-year veteran with the Fairway Police Department. He was injured in a shooting at a Johnson County QuikTrip and died Monday at an area hospital. A police officer in Fairway, Kansas, has died after suffering injuries from a early morning shootout at a QuikTrip, the second officer in the Kansas City metro to die while on duty this year. Jonah Oswald, 29, had been with the Fairway Police Department four years. Officials say Oswald, along with other officers, was trying to arrest two suspects at a QuikTrip in Mission at 4700 Lamar Avenue when shooting broke out. Oswald was injured in the shooting and taken to a hospital in critical condition. He died Monday. Fairway Chief of Police J.P. Thurlo said in a statement that Oswald “made the ultimate sacrifice while carrying out his oath to serve and protect.” “Officer Oswald was an integral part of our team and made significant contributions 32 The BLUES to our department and to the Fairway community,” Thurlo said. “We will remember him as a warm-hearted individual whose hard work and passion touched the lives of many.” Oswald leaves behind a wife and two young children. The incident began when Lenexa police responded to reports of a stolen car Sunday morning, at West 95th Street and I-35. Officials say the driver, 40-year-old Shannon Wayne Marshall from Tennessee, struck a Lenexa patrol car and then fled in what was suspected to be a stolen car. The QuikTrip at Lamar Avenue and Foxridge Drive is where Fairway Police Officer Jonah Oswald was shot Sunday while pursuing two suspects. The ensuing police chase ended in Mission, Kansas, when the driver stopped at a QuikTrip near Lamar Ave. and I-35. Two people got out of the vehicle and then went into the gas station, officials say. Law enforcement from Lenexa, Fairway, Mission and the Kansas Highway Patrol were on the scene to arrest the sus- OFFICER JONAH OSWALD pects when gunfire broke out. One of the suspects, Shannon Wayne Marshall, died in the shootout. The other suspect, 32-yearold Andrea Rene Cothran from Tennessee, was arrested and charged Tuesday with aggravated battery, fleeing law enforcement, felony theft and reckless driving. Her bond was set at million. The Johnson County Officer-Involved Critical Incident Investigation Team is investigating the shooting. It’s still unclear who fired the shots and how many were fired.

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