Four arrested for Burdett shooting, attempted robbery

LARNED – Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with the shooting and attempted robbery of two men in Burdett earlier this month, the Pawnee County Attorney reported.

Thomas R. “Tre” Jones III,  21, and Tristin M. Scott, 18, both of Larned, made first appearances in the case Wednesday afternoon before Magistrate Judge Julie Cowell, according to a release from Pawnee County Attorney Douglas W. McNett.

Cowell set a Jan 5 preliminary hearing for Jones, while Scott’s hearing was set for Jan. 6. Both remain in the Pawnee County jail.

Agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation arrested Jones and Scott, along with two juveniles, separately earlier in the day Wednesday.

Shortly after midnight, on Dec. 11 the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a house 701 Elm St., in Burdett on a report of a man being shot. Before deputies arrived dispatchers were advised through another emergency call that a second victim at a house a block from the first call.

Investigators determined both victims were together when they were shot outside the house at 701 Elm St., but the second man was able to run to a house northwest of the area to get help, according to a previous release from the KBI.

The first victim, a 51-year-old Burdett man, was treated for several gunshot wounds at a Wichita hospital. The second victim, a 30-year-old man from Burdett, was treated at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital for a gunshot wound and released.

Jones and Scott were both charged with counts of attempted aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, and two counts each of felony counts of contributing to a child’s misconduct by encouraging the committing of a felony and felony aggravated endangering a child.

Jones is also charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder and felony inference with law enforcement by concealing evidence, while Scott was also charged with felony possession of a firearm.

The two juveniles are being held in a juvenile detention center. Detention hearings are set for Monday, McNett reported.