Man wanted in Kansas murders shoots himself in Tulsa during police chase, KBI says
A man wanted by Kansas investigators in connection to a double murder shot himself Friday evening as he was chased by police in Tulsa, officials said.
Ben Converse, 38, shot himself with a handgun as he was being chased by law enforcement officer near 66th Street and Mingo in Tulsa at around 5:15 p.m., the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. He was taken to a Tulsa hospital for treatment of a life-threatening, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The bureau said Converse was a person of interest connected to the murders of Molly Wilson and her father, John Tadlock, in Iola. Tadlock, 69, and Wilson, 36, on Thursday were found dead with gunshot wounds in a home in Iola, a southeast Kansas town about a two-hour drive east of Wichita.
Investigators had asked for the public’s help in finding Converse, adding that he may be in Oklahoma. Authorities suspected he was driving a maroon 2011 Kia Forte with a Kansas license plate (509 KZS).
This story was originally published December 28, 2018 at 3:20 PM.