Man found guilty of attempted murder in shooting at Kansas tax office

Editor's note: Cortney Holloway's name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.

After he was buzzed into the waiting area of a Wichita tax office, Ricky Wirths asked for a tax agent by name, officials said.

Wirths — who owed nearly $400,000 in tax warrants — then shot Kansas Department of Revenue tax agent Cortney Holloway, police said.

Wirths, 52, was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder on Thursday after the September 2017 shooting.

The man walked into the taxation side of the state office building at 21st and Amidon at around 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2017, police said at the time. Wirths asked for Holloway at the Twin Lakes office, where Revenue Secretary Sam Williams said Wirths had been buzzed into a waiting area.

About 3 hours earlier, Holloway and sheriff's deputies had gone to Wirths house in the 900 block of West 35th Street North to seize assets in a tax warrant investigation, the sheriff's office said at the time. He owed nearly $400,000 in tax warrants, and at least one vehicle was seized.

When Wirths met with Holloway at the tax office, Wirths pulled out a handgun and shot Holloway multiple times, police said.

Wirths remains in the Sedgwick County Jail and his sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 8.

This story was originally published June 28, 2018 at 7:38 PM.