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BOLO alert issued after shooting
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On Friday the Great Bend Police Department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) alert for two suspects in a shooting that took place Thursday morning at 1407 Adams St. in Great Bend. Law enforcement officers are being advised to pick up and hold John Waylon Randall and Orlan L. Eurich on charges of attempted murder. The last known address for both men is Wichita.
Randall is 30 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. He is listed as possibly armed and his Kansas Driver’s License number is K02690013.
Eurich, 56, is 5 feet 9 inches tall with white hair and blue eyes. His Kansas Driver’s License number is K02170954.
Around 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, Great Bend police received a report of a shooting at the Adams St. address. A victim was treated at Great Bend Regional Hospital for a gunshot wound to the face and was released. After interviewing the victim and other witnesses, suspect John Stevenson of Great Bend was arrested Thursday at a residence east of Ellinwood. He has been booked into the Barton County Jail on an attempted murder charge, with bond set at $500,000.
In addition to Randall and Eurich, officers believe a third, unknown, suspect fled. Great Bend Police Department detectives are attempting to identify him.
At last report, it was unknown what kind of vehicle they might be traveling in.