PAWNEE COUNTY– The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Larned Police Department, and the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office released additional details related to the homicides that occurred in Larned on Saturday, according to a media release from the KBI.
The investigation determined that just after 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8, Jon Smith arrived in a pickup truck at Shala Smith’s residence at 524 Park St. in Larned. He entered the house alone, while carrying a shotgun. Evidence indicates that he shot and killed both Shala Smith, his wife although separated, and Carver Smith, his 12-year-old son. He then shot himself.
The autopsies confirmed that the manners of death for Shala and Carver were homicide and that Jon’s manner of death was suicide.
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PAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating an incident that left three dead in Pawnee County.
Just after 9p.m. Saturday, the Larned Police Department received a 911 call from a man who discovered the three subjects dead inside a residence at 524 Park Street Larned, according to Pawnee County Attorney Doug McNett.
At the scene, first responders located 44-year-old Shala M. Smith, 12-year-old Carver A. Smith and 44-year-old Jon B. Smith all of Larned, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. They each died from gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead by the coroner at the scene, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response Team responded to Larned to investigate.
No threat to the public is believed to exist related to this incident. Additional details will be released after the autopsies are completed.
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