Arrest Made in Shooting Death of Leavenworth Man
( KAIR )--A 26-year-old Leavenworth man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting over the weekend in Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth Times reports that Justin Driscoll made his first appearance Monday in Leavenworth County District Court on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Driscoll was arrested Saturday afternoon in connection with the shooting death of 30-year-old Dick Mathis.
Police say Mathis was shot early Saturday morning while he was a passenger in a pickup truck in the area of 18th and Cherokee Streets. Authorities say Mathis, Driscoll and two other men had been traveling in the pickup when a 9 mm handgun discharged, striking him in the chin.
Mathis was taken to a Leavenworth hospital where he died.
Police say the case remains under investigation.
Driscoll is to make his next court appearance Wednesday.
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