Colton Alan Koch, a 27-year-old deputy with the Jewell County Sheriff’s Office, was found fatally shot in his Mankato, Kansas, home in the early morning hours of February 7, 2022. The sheriff’s office received two separate calls from inside the residence at 507 E. Madison reporting a domestic incident shortly after 2:00 a.m. A fellow deputy who responded discovered Koch with a fatal gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Jewell County Sheriff’s Office asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to lead the inquiry. KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response Team arrived at the home around 2:40 a.m. An autopsy was scheduled to determine cause of death. Authorities have not released details about other people who may have been at the residence, and no arrests or suspects have been publicly named.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.