On Monday afternoon, November 28, 2022, 47-year-old Jeremy Murphy of Anderson, Missouri, was shot and killed inside a residence in the 2400 block of Lincoln in Baxter Springs, Kansas. Police responded at about 2:40 p.m. after a report of gunshots and three people shot. Officers found Murphy and 59-year-old Craig Guinn of Pineville, Missouri, deceased; a third victim, 27-year-old Seth Guinn of Pineville, had life-threatening gunshot injuries and was taken to Freeman Hospital.

A suspect description was circulated to responding officers and a man matching that description was located nearby. The individual, 41-year-old Kyle Butts of Independence, Missouri, was taken into custody after a brief struggle. After investigators from the Baxter Springs Police Department, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation worked the case, Butts was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder and one count of interference with law enforcement; he was booked into the Cherokee County Jail without bond.

Are there details about the victims, the scene, or events leading up to the shooting that anyone in the area can share?