Two killed and two injured in shooting at Dodge City bar; suspect apprehended in Oklahoma
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Dodge City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Dodge City Police Department and the Ford County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at a restaurant and bar in Dodge City, Kansas.
The Dodge City Police Department requested KBI assistance at around 1:45 a.m. Sunday. KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response Team responded to investigate. The Kansas Highway Patrol also responded.
At around 1:12 a.m. Sunday morning, 911 calls were placed reporting shots being fired at Central Station Bar and Grill at 207 E. Wyatt Earp Blvd. in Dodge City. When officers from the Dodge City Police Department and deputies from the Ford County Sheriff’s Office arrived they found four men who had suffered gunshot wounds.
Preliminary information indicates that an altercation occurred and the suspect, 36-year-old Ricardo Johary Cadena-Garcia used a small caliber handgun to shoot and kill a 29-year-old man. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Cadena-Garcia fired additional rounds that struck three additional male victims, and then fled the area.
EMS responded and transported the three shooting victims to an area hospital. Soon after, a 28-year-old man was also pronounced deceased. The 40-year-old man was flown to a Wichita hospital with life-threatening injuries. The fourth man, who was 27-years-old, was treated and has been released from the hospital.
Later Sunday, the KBI, the Dodge City Police Department and the Ford County Sheriff’s Office announced Cadena-Garcia was apprehended in Oklahoma. He is believed connected to a Sunday morning shooting at Central Station Bar and Grill in Dodge City that killed two men and injured two others.
Kansas authorities tracked Cadena-Garcia as he fled into Oklahoma. The Beaver County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office sent deputies to search the area. They located Cadena-Garcia’s vehicle one and a half miles outside of Forgan, Oklahoma. The truck was disabled due to a blown front tire. Cadena-Garcia was waiting for assistance from an area tire shop when deputies approached his truck. He was arrested without incident.
Cadena-Garcia was booked into the Beaver County Jail. Formal charges are pending.
The investigation is ongoing.
