KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 32-year-old Tennessee woman was charged Tuesday with three felonies in connection with a police chase and deadly shooting Sunday morning that left a Fairway police officer and another suspect dead.
Prosecutors charged Andrea R. Cothran, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, with felony aggravated battery, fleeing a law enforcement officer, felony theft and misdemeanor reckless driving.
She is being held at the Johnson County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.
During her initial appearance Tuesday afternoon, a judge agreed to appoint Cothran an attorney.
Lenexa police said officers located a stolen vehicle around 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the QuikTrip located on West 95th Street near Interstate 35.
The suspect driving the vehicle rammed a Lenexa police vehicle, which triggered a pursuit onto northbound I-35.
The two suspects later fled the vehicle on foot and entered another QuikTrip at 4700 Lamar Avenue in Mission.
A team of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies entered the convenience store, where a shootout occurred.
Fairway police officer Jonah Oswald was shot and later died from his injuries.
A second suspect involved in the pursuit and shootout — Shannon W. Marshall, 40, of Ashland City, Tennessee — also died in the exchange of gunfire with police.
Cothran was taken into custody uninjured.
The Johnson County Officer Involved Critical Incident Investigative Team (OICIIT) is handling the investigation, but police have yet to provide any details of what happened inside the second QuikTrip where Oswald and Marshall were fatally wounded.
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