Jun 23, 2023

Man accused of deadly Kansas Park campground attack

Posted Jun 23, 2023 4:55 PM
Meysenburg-photo Miami County
Meysenburg-photo Miami County

MIAMI COUNTY, Kansas —Law enforcement authorities investigating a deadly shooting at a Kansas State Park campground have arrested a suspect

Early Tuesday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the Pintail Point campground at the Hillsdale State Park near Paola for a report of a stabbing and a shooting, according to the Miami County Sheriff's office.

One person suffered a fatal gunshot wound. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Bryan Hendrickson from Edgerton. Deputies also found one person with a non-life-threatening stab wound. That individual was transported to an area hospital for treatment and released, according to the sheriff's office.

Deputies took Brian Meysenburg, 53, Overland Park, into custody and booked him into the Miami County Jail on a requested charge of second-degree murder.