Updated: October 5, 2011 - 9:00pm
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| Shane Tucker Booking Photo Provided by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office |
Shane Tucker has been arraigned on five charges, three are felony charges and two are misdemeanors. Theses charges include, two counts of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, two counts of Criminal Damage to Property and Domestic Battery. His bond was set at $10,000. His next court date is set for October 13th.
October 4 - 11:30 a.m. Update:
As of just after 10 a.m. this morning Shane Tucker was booked into the Johnson County Jail. According to booking records he faces numerous charges. He is yet to make his first court appearance to be formally arraigned.
Original Post:
Gardner Police tell Operation 100 News, 27-year-old, Shane Tucker is in custody facing charges of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer and Domestic Violence charges. Police were called to an apartment complex in the 700 block of E. Lincoln Lane shortly after 12:40 a.m. on reports of a domestic disturbance. Officers arrived and spotted a man who was wielding several knives just outside of the front door of one apartment.
Reports indicate that several knives were thrown at Police from the front door of the residence. The man retreated into the apartment. Reports indicate that there is an 11-month-old child inside the apartment with the suspect, however officers have not confirmed these reports. A short time after the male suspect ran into the apartment, officers at that scene reported gunshots being fired. Officers at the scene called for emergency assistance at that time. Numerous outside agencies responded from all over Johnson County.
Officers from; Gardner, Spring Hill, Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Olathe, Lenexa, Shawnee and Mission were all involved on the initial call for assistance.
Gardner Police have confirmed that shots were fired, believed to be from inside the apartment.
Patrol officers established a perimeter around the apartment building and have evacuated neighboring apartments in the complex.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office tactical team arrived at the scene around 2 a.m. as the man remains barricaded inside the residence. The Sheriff's Office will only say that they have made contact with the suspect inside the apartment and hope to maintain that communication.
3 a.m. only 1 minor injury has been reported and that is believed to be a result of the initial domestic disturbance that occurred prior to Gardner Police being called. Tactical Medics from Johnson County Med-Act are on scene standing by.
4:20 a.m. the 11-month-old has been reportedly been handed out of a window to the Tactical Team who is taking the child to a waiting Med-Act unit for assessment at the scene.
4:58 a.m. the 11-month-old has been checked by Med-Act and is with family.
5:43 a.m. the male suspect was taken into custody outside of the front door of the apartment. He was tased by the tactical team.
5:55 a.m. suspect being prepared to be transported to hospital for a "self inflicted knife wound."
Operation 100 News was the first to break this story to the public as it unfolded. Stay with Operation 100 News on this blog and on Twitter for the latest information as it becomes available from Police.
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