Incident

2-25-2016 Kansas Hesston 17-1

Location

February 25, 2016

Excel Industries
Incident Address
Hesston, 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

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District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 31
State House District: 74