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Miracle: Kansas police officer survives being shot in the face while trying to protect high school basketball coach

Miracle: Kansas police officer survives being shot in the face while trying to protect high school basketball coach 1

LYONS, KS – We have an update regarding the shooting of a Lyons police officer and high school basketball coach that happened on October 16th.

Sources have since revealed the identity of the officer and the high school basketball coach who were shot on the 16th, as well as the identity of one of the people who rendered aid to the injured officer and took him to the hospital.

The officer has been identified as 36-year-old Sergeant Cory Ryan from the Lyons Police Department, and the victim he was originally responding to was identified as 56-year-old Lyons High School boys basketball coach Brian Friess.

Additionally, further details have been unveiled regarding the extent of both of their injuries.

On the afternoon of October 16th, 24-year-old Wyatt Johnson was in the car with his girlfriend, who was driving them around. They saw Sgt. Ryan at the door of a man who would later be identified as 40-year-old Adam Hrabik.

The police sergeant was responding to a report that came from Friess where he alleged that Hrabik had threatened him with a gun while he was out mowing his lawn.

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As Johnson was driving past the home Sgt. Ryan was standing out front of, he saw the muzzle flash of a gun and Sgt. Ryan reeling back. He then saw the sergeant produce his weapon to defend himself.

Sgt. Ryan returned fire at the suspect, but had already been shot.

Johnson’s girlfriend reacted immediately, putting the car in reverse and positioned it in a way on the street to afford them cover while both her and Johnson exited from the driver’s side door.

Johnson called 911 and then both he and his girlfriend started calling out to the injured officer to get to their vehicle for cover.

While shots continued to fire off, both Johnson and his girlfriend hoisted Sgt. Ryan into their vehicle. It was at that point that the couple saw that Sgt. Ryan had been shot in the lower part of his jaw.

Johnson recounted the graveness of the police sergeant’s injuries:

“He was trying to speak but he couldn’t because the whole bottom of his jaw was gone.”

After getting Sgt. Ryan into the vehicle, the couple drove him to the Rice County District Hospital and Sgt. Ryan was later transferred to a hospital in Wichita.

When backup officers arrived at the scene of the shooting, they discovered Friess had also been shot several times allegedly by Hrabik. Lyons Police Chief Justin Holliday was one of the officers that found Friess and got him to safety on the scene.

Friess had wound up being shot in his left thigh and just below his right lung during the attack. When mentioning his sustained injuries, Friess noted that doctors are not going to be trying to extract the bullets:

“Both bullets will stay in my body — it’s not like the movies where they go after em!”

The victim said medical professionals are closely monitoring the status of the bullet lodged underneath his lung.

A standoff ensued between police and Hrabik during the evening of the 16th, but after several hours, authorities were able to take him into custody.

Sgt. Ryan is in critical, but stable condition according to Sterling Police Chief Derrick Ploutz, which the SPD is currently assisting the Lyons Police Department as they’re down one officer with Sgt. Ryan being tended to medically:

“We are small departments in Kansas but we always know that we got each other and when we are needed, everyone is going to be there.”

SPD Chief Ploutz also commended the help rendered by Johnson and his girlfriend, noting that they’re quick assistance likely saved Sgt. Ryan’s life:

“I absolutely think they saved his life by doing what they did.”

Thanks to some amazing work by medical professionals, Sgt. Ryan is reportedly talking again and is scheduled for surgery on October 22nd.

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Here’s our previous report as this case was first developing.

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LYONS, KS – Reports have surfaced regarding a Kansas police officer and a high school basketball coach both being shot during a confrontation with a gun-wielding suspect on the afternoon of October 16th.

Details on the case are currently limited, but here’s what we know so far.

At approximately 3:40 p.m. in the small town of Lyons, the Lyons Police Department received a 911 call about a man brandishing and threatening someone with a gun.

When the first responding officer arrived on the scene taking place at 1 Arrowhead Drive, authorities say that he was shot by 40-year-old Adam Hrabik.

Hrabik reportedly lived at the residence the officer responded to.

Two individuals who had witnessed the shooting tended to the officer and drove him to a local hospital. The officer was later transferred to a local hospital in Wichita.

According to KBI Special Agent in Charge Cory Latham:

“Two citizens passing by observed the shooting and were brave enough to stick around and help the officer into their vehicle and then rush them to the hospital.”

Latest reports on his status say that the officer is in critical condition.

When additional officers had arrived on the scene, they had noticed that a 56-year-old man was also shot, presumably by the same suspect. The second victim was noted as being a local high school basketball coach.

He too was taken to a hospital nearby and was also later transferred to a hospital location in Wichita where he was last reported as being in serious condition.

A stand-off then ensued between responding officers from several law enforcement agencies and Hrabik for several hours.

At approximately 7:10 p.m. that evening, Hrabik was said to have surrendered to authorities and he was taken into custody by the Hutchinson and Reno County Emergency Response Team.

Agent Latham spoke highly of the collaborative efforts by the numerous agencies involved in the response and arrest of Hrabik:

“I’ve been in law enforcement 20 plus years in Kansas and that’s one thing that I’m really proud about is that law enforcement in our state always comes together in tragic situations but also in general, we had law enforcement agencies from all around this central region, I can’t even begin to name them all, but there was a number here.”

Recent reports say that Hrabik has since been handed over to the Kansas Bureau of Investigations for questioning related to the incident.

Officials have yet to release the identities of either the officer injured or the high school basketball coach. Official charges related to the incident have not been announced at this time.

This is a developing investigation.

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