Lyons man in custody after standoff and two people being shot, official says

A Lyons man is in custody on Friday after a few-hour standoff following the shooting of an officer and a man, officials said.

It started at around 3:40 p.m. when a man mowing a lawn was threatened by a man with a gun at a neighboring home in southeast Lyons. The threatened man called 911. A responding officer was shot by 40-year-old Adam Hrabik, according to Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Melissa Underwood.

The officer was shot multiple times and also shot back, according to KBI special agent in charge Cory Latham.

“Two nearby citizens who saw the shooting helped coax the officer away from the scene,” Underwood said in a news release. “They then drove him to a local hospital in their private vehicle.”

The officer was then taken to a Wichita hospital and is in critical condition.

Additional officers arrived and found the 56-year-old Lyons man who called police had also been shot. He was taken to an area hospital and then onto a Wichita hospital. He is in serious condition.

Latham didn’t know if the man mowing the lawn lived at the home or not.

Hrabik went back into his home, Underwood said. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded with tactical gear and at least one armored vehicle, according to pictures from the scene.

At around 7:10 p.m., officers were eventually able to talk Hrabik into going outside and he was taken into custody, Underwood said.

Rice County, where Lyons is located, had its sheriff and undersheriff shot in April 2019. Sheriff Bryant Evans was one of the officers who responded on Friday night.

This story was originally published October 16, 2020 at 7:05 PM.