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Three arrests made in Atchison shooting; 12-year-old remains hospitalized

 

(KAIR)--Three arrests are now made in connection with the Thursday night Atchison shooting that sent a 12-year-old girl to a Kansas City hospital where she remained as of Saturday morning.

She was shot around 11:45 Thursday night at a residence in the 1400 block of Commercial Street, after police say multiple shots were fired while four people were on or near the home’s porch. 

According to a late Saturday morning release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 20-year-old Blackthunder Dorsch of Horton was arrested shortly after 2:00 Friday afternoon in Horton and was taken to the Brown County Jail . Dorsch faces charges of attempted 2nd-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling and criminal damage to property.  He's being held on a $250,000 bond.  

Wilson says two more arrests were made Friday night in Horton where police, around 9:00, arrested two residents, 18-year-old Ollie Horned-Eagle and a 16-year-old juvenile male. They also face charges of attempted 2nd-degree murder, along with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling and criminal damage to property  Horned-Eagle was taken to the Brown County Jail where he's being held on $250,000 bond, and the juvenile was transported to a juvenile detention facility.

Ollie Horned-Eagle & Blackthunder Dorsch/Credit Atchison Police Dept.

Wilson says Atchison Police detectives have conducted numerous interviews, executed several search warrants, located handguns, seized a number of items of evidence, impounded a vehicle, and worked with Horton law enforcement officers in locating and arresting the three suspects.

The investigation continues.  

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