PARSONS — A Parsons man has been charged with two mid-level felonies for his involvement in a shooting in Parsons on Sunday.
Terry Wayne Keaton, 58, appeared in Labette County District Court with two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter, The Parsons Sun reported.
The complaint alleges that Keaton attempted with a firearm to kill two people, a man and a woman, in the heat of passion but failed to complete the crime, the newspaper reported.
He’s also charged with aggravated assault by threatening a person with a knife. He faces two misdemeanor charges, domestic battery and criminal discharge of a firearm.
Parsons police reported on social media that officers were investigating a shooting at 17th and Dirr on Sunday.
Later Sunday, the Labette County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media that sheriff’s deputies and the Kansas Highway Patrol troopers arrested Keaton at the rest stop at U.S. 400 and U.S. 169.
