Contractor is arrested after shooting two of his colleagues while they installed playground equipment at a Kansas elementary school then fleeing in a stolen truck and opening fire at a local car wash
- The white male suspect opened fire on his colleagues at 9am on Tuesday morning
- They were working at Sunrise Elementary School in Overland Park, Kansas
- He shot two men who remain in hospital in a critical condition
- There were no students or staff in the school at the time due to summer break
- Afterwards, the gunman went to a local car wash where he opened fire again
- No one was injured there but he fled in a stolen black 2011 Denali truck
- He was arrested at noon, three hours after opening fire at the school
A contractor who went on the run in Kansas after shooting two of his co-workers while they installed playground equipment at an elementary school has been arrested after leading police on a three-hour manhunt.
The white man opened fire at Sunrise Elementary School in Overland Park, Kansas, at 9am on Tuesday, shooting two of the five men he was working with.
School was not in session at the time and there were no staff members there.
Police say the men got into an argument while installing equipment in the playground.
The suspect is pictured being taken into custody on Tuesday morning, three hours after opening fire
The shooting happened in the playground of Sunrise Elementary School in Overland Park, Kansas, on Tuesday at 9am. There were no students or staff there. The shooter is one of six contractors who were installing equipment in the playground at the time
He shot two of his five colleagues, critically wounding each victim.
After wounding the two men, the gunman fled and attempted to steal a car nearby but failed.
He then managed to steal a 2011 black Denali which he drove to a nearby car wash where he opened fire again.
Share this article
He did not injure anyone there but managed to evade police again.
For three hours, police searched for him in the town and combed footage from local traffic cameras.
At around noon, he was taken into custody without incident.
The suspect then tried to break into cars at the scene but failed (one vehicle with a smashed window which he tried to steal is shown above). Eventually, he successfully car jacked a Black 2011 Denali with KS Tag 208BAB
After shooting two men at the school, the gunman went to this local car wash where he opened fire. No one was hurt
Most watched News videos
- New video shows Epstein laughing and chasing young women
- British Airways passengers turn flight into a church service
- Epstein describes himself as a 'tier one' sexual predator
- Skier dressed as Chewbacca brutally beaten in mass brawl
- Two schoolboys plummet out the window of a moving bus
- Buddhist monks in Thailand caught with a stash of porn
- Melinda Gates says Bill Gates must answer questions about Epstein
- Police dog catches bag thief who pushed woman to the floor
- Holly Valance is shut down by GB News for using slur
- JD Vance turns up heat on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
- Sarah Ferguson 'took Princesses' to see Epstein after prison
- China unveils 'Star Wars' warship that can deploy unmanned jets
