Lucas Pickell, 37, was shot and killed the evening of Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Coyville, an unincorporated area of northwestern Wilson County. Deputies responding just after 7:00 PM to the 2100 block of 2nd Street found Pickell’s body outside a fifth-wheel RV; he had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Preliminary information from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation says Pickell had been inside the RV with three others and that an altercation occurred while they were believed to be using drugs. It is alleged that 52-year-old William Bud Wescott of Coyville shot Pickell; Wescott was arrested at the scene and booked into the Wilson County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. A 17-year-old girl who had been present was the subject of an endangered persons advisory and was located safe shortly afterward.

What did neighbors or anyone in Fredonia and Coyville see or hear that night?