GRAY COUNTY—Law enforcement in southwest Kansas are investigating a suspect in connection with explosive chemicals found at a home in Gray County.
Justs before 10:30a.m. May 11, members of the Gray County Sheriff's Office served a residential search warrant for narcotics and electronic devices dealing with drug transactions and sales.
The property is located at 112 B Sunflower Street in Cimarron, according to a media release from the sheriff's office.
The suspect in this case, Stuart Schulz a 34-year-old male was already in custody on related charges of driving while suspended and possession of drug and drug paraphernalia charges from a traffic stop on May 9 in Gray County.
During the initial search a small number of drugs were located along with drug paraphernalia. A large amount of labeled and unlabeled chemicals were in the basement of the duplex apartment.
A resident of the duplex apartment Kathy Schulz was removed from the apartment for her safety, and she was transported by Gray County EMS to St. Catherine Hospital in Dodge City, for a medical screen and evaluation.
The City of Cimarron Fire Chief was called to assist with the chemical aspect of this warrant service and the Chief and deputies soon made an exit of the duplex. A command call was made for a Hazardous Material Team from Ford County Fire and Rescue to respond to assess and assist.
Sheriff Deputies faced with unknown chemicals in various states of storage, use and mixtures of chemicals taped off the apartment as a crime scene and waited for the Hazardous Material Team.
The Haz Mat team arrived on scene and did and outer and inner search for hazards and determined that a perimeter need to be established an maintained outside the original crime scene and a command post was established. Gray County Sheriff Deputies maintained a perimeter of the block of the search warrant and crime scene.
Residents in the area who were at their apartments were evacuated and those who came home later were also evacuated.
Agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas State Fire Marshall's Office as well as Members of the Kansas Highway Patrol Special Response Team arrived throughout the day to Gray County Sheriff's Office with this investigation.
An initial search by the KHP SRT Team who are trained in bomb and explosive detection was completed and chemicals that when mixed with other chemicals could produce explosives were found in the basement of the duplex apartment.
Operations were halted late into the evening on May 11, and continued around 8a.m. May 12, 2026.
Throughout the day on Tuesday testing of the chemicals was conducted and samples were taken for criminal investigation.
During the investigation, safety measures were in place to include perimeter security, protective equipment both in enhanced protective equipment such as bomb suits and chemical equipment used for advanced testing to ensure the safety of the residents and teams in the area, according to the sheriff's office.
At the end of the day, evidence in this case was released from other agencies to the Gray County Sheriff's Office and the Gray County Sheriff's Office collected evidence independently for prosecution of this criminal ma-ter.
A large amount of chemicals was tested in this case. A small amount of chemicals was destroyed for the safety of the residents of Cimarron and Gray County.
A small convoy of emergency vehicles to include the Sher ff's Office, KHP, Gray County EMS and
Cimarron Fire were part of this convoy from Sunflower Street to an undisclosed safe location in the county in a dump truck to destroy non mixed chemicals that were determined to be explosive in nature, if mixed.
The Gray County Attorney's Office will determine possible charges.