Jan 02, 2024

Police arrest 4th suspect for Kansas house party shooting

Posted Jan 02, 2024 5:56 PM

RILEY COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting at a house party and have made an arrest.

On Sunday, police arrested 18-year-old Marc Oliver on a warrant for requested charges of  1st degree murder, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm and a probation violation, according to a media release from the Riley County Police Department.

In the early morning on October 21, the Riley County Police Department Communication Center received several 911 calls reporting gunfire. When officers arrived on scene, they found 2 male victims with gunshot wounds. A 3rd male victim later arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound from the incident. 

Within a week of the shooting, detectives arrested Cordarius Gowdy, 21; Damerius McGee, 18, both of Ogden and Christopher Stowers, 21, of Manhattan on probable cause offenses of attempted first-degree murder aggravated battery and one count of firing into an occupied dwelling. 

Oliver was issued total bond of $1,000,000. All four suspects remain confined in the Riley County Jail.