Kansas Deputy Shoots Colorado Driver Of Stolen Vehicle
COLBY, Kan. (AP) — A Thomas County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded the driver of a stolen vehicle at a rest stop in northwest Kansas, authorities said. The deputy was responding at 8:40 p.m. Friday to a report of a stolen vehicle from the Pilot Travel Center and located the vehicle about 10 miles west of Colby, Kansas, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.
The deputy shot 24-year-old Jackson Bayer of Colorado during the encounter. Bayer is in stable condition at a hospital in Englewood, Colorado, with non-life threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing. No further details were immediately available.
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