Cass County Man Arrested for firing shots at police

Johnson County, KS prosecutors on Wednesday accused a Belton, Missouri man of firing shots at a sheriff’s deputy that was investigating a theft at a construction site.

Richard Dean Bird, 33, was charged in Johnson County District Court with attempted first-degree murder and theft. Bond was set at $1 million.

According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called early Monday to the area of 191st Street and State Line Road on a reported theft in progress.

When a deputy arrived and saw a man, the man fired multiple shots from a rifle at the deputy, who was not hit.

The man fled, and authorities scoured the area Monday morning. Early Monday afternoon, after obtaining a photograph of the man from surveillance cameras, the sheriff’s office arrested Bird in the area of 175th Street and Nall Avenue.