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Hiawatha man arrested after " shots fired" incident

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/20/2025

Matthew Olson/Credit: Brown County Sheriff's Office

(KNZA)--A Hiawatha man was arrested on charges late Tuesday morning following a " shots fired" incident in northwest Missouri.

Brown County Sheriff John Merchant, in a release, said Brown County dispatch was alerted shortly after 10:30 Tuesday morning by Nodaway County, Missouri law enforcement that Hiawatha man was involved as a suspect in a "shots fired" incident in their county.

A vehicle description and license plate number was given.

Merchant said Brown County deputies, the Kansas Highway Patrol, Hiawatha Police Department, Sac and Fox Tribal Police, Iowa Tribal Police and Kickapoo Tribal Police all staged at various areas of the county to try and intercept the individual should he try and return to Hiawatha.

Shortly before 12 noon Tuesday, Merchant said the vehicle was stopped in the Carpet Plus parking lot in Hiawatha and the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Matthew Olson, was taken into custody without incident.

Olson was booked into the Brown County Jail on Nodaway County charges of criminal discharge of a weapon, telecom harassment, and possession of a controlled substance.

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