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1 dead, 1 in custody after shooting in Merriam

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An argument in the 6800 block of Mastin Street turned deadly early Thursday when a man was shot dead near the driveway of a Merriam home.

When Merriam police arrived on the scene shortly after midnight, they found a shooting victim already deceased. They arrested a suspect in the incident in his car in the neighborhood to the east of the scene of the crime.

Initial reports indicate that the suspect may have dropped the victim off outside the home before the shooting. The suspect was being questioned in the incident Thursday morning. No one has been booked in Johnson County Jail on murder charges as of 8:45 a.m.

 

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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