A suspect pursued through southwest Geary County to a rural Dickinson County location has been taken into custody.
Tony Wolf, Geary County Sheriff, confirmed there were no injuries, and the suspect, identified as Chris Charles Hennington, 55, Junction City, surrendered to authorities.
Authorities from five agencies pursued Hennington and set up a perimeter around the site in a pasture area about one-half mile west of Lyons Creek Road where he had been located in a van.”KHP negotiators actually got on the phone with him and started talking to him, and he surrendered without incident.”
Wolf confirmed Hennington apparently went to a rural residence in the Lyons Creek Road area in southwest Geary County early Wednesday morning. “Apparently this morning he went to a residence and fired a round off out of a gun at this residence, and was just acting very irrational. ” Deputies responded to the scene and the chase began. “Suspect fired three shots at the KHP aircraft while we were out here, but the only shots that were fired were by the suspect.”
Hennington will be incarcerated at the Geary County Detention Center. He is expected to have a first appearance in Geary County District Court on Thursday. Wolf confirmed Hennington was not injured and refused any medical attention.
In addition to the Geary County Sheriff’s Department other agencies involved in assisting in the case included the Kansas Highway Patrol, Junction City Police Department, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department, and Junction City Fire Department.
