Crime

Domestic violence case leads to murder investigation in Leavenworth

A Leavenworth man was killed Friday in an incident police are treating as domestic violence. A female suspect has been apprehended.

Police said they opened a murder investigation overnight after investigating the scene where Gary Frantz, 54, had suffered multiple gun shot wounds.

He was taken to a hospital where he died.

Police described the suspect as a 50-year-old woman. She was apprehended in Burlingame, Kan., and investigators were on their way to take custody of the woman.

Mark Davis: 816-234-4372, @mdkcstar

This story was originally published January 28, 2017 at 10:54 AM with the headline "Domestic violence case leads to murder investigation in Leavenworth."

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