NEOSHO COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Chanute Police Department are investigating a Monday morning shooting death in Chanute that has been ruled a homicide.
According to a KBI press release, Chanute officers received a 911 call from a female who reported hearing a gunshot. When officers responded to the area they found a male bystander conducting CPR on a man who had been shot in an alley, east of 1706 S. Highland.
The victim, later identified as 34-year-old Blake A. Pearson of Topeka, was transported by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Agents from KBI were summoned to the scene a short while later to assist with the investigation.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME, or the Chanute Police Department at (620) 431-5768. Tips can also be submitted online at https://www.kbi.ks.gov/sar.
