Incident
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2-25-2016 Kansas Hesston 17-1
Location
February 25, 2016
Excel IndustriesHesston, Kansas
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Name: Renee Benjamin
- Age: 30
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Female
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Name: Joshua Higbee
- Age: 31
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Name: Brian Sadowsky
- Age: 44
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Name: Jesus Fierros
- Age: 25
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Name: Adam Miller
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Cedric Larry Ford
- Age: 38
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
- Spree Shooting (multiple victims, multiple locations)
- Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
- Workplace shooting (disgruntled current or former employee)
- Under the influence of alcohol or drugs (only applies to the subject/suspect/perpetrator )
- LOCKDOWN/ALERT ONLY: No GV Incident Occurred Onsite
- Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person
- Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)
Notes
Employee shooter; Hesston college placed on brief lockdown. Shot 2 and carjacking on road from Newton - linked
Guns Involved
2 guns involved.
- Type: 7.62 [AK-47]
- Type: 40 SW
Sources
- URL: http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/police-responding-to-shooting-at-excel-industries-in-hesston/38197242
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District
Congressional District: 4State Senate District: 31
State House District: 74