{"id":146208,"date":"2026-02-26T15:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146208\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:55:31","slug":"kbi-arrests-manhattan-man-in-connection-to-jan-3-officer-involved-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146208\/","title":{"rendered":"KBI arrests Manhattan man in connection to Jan. 3 officer-involved shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"220\" data-start=\"79\">The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Manhattan man in connection with a Jan. 3 officer-involved shooting in Pottawatomie County.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"526\" data-start=\"222\">The agency says 38-year-old Brian Lovgren was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon by KBI agents and officers with the KU Medical Center Department of Public Safety. He was booked on a warrant for two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and is being held in Wyandotte County Jail.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"718\" data-start=\"528\">As previously reported, deputies with the Pottawatomie County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a home in east Manhattan on Jan. 3 after a homeowner reported gunfire damage to a shed and garage.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1032\" data-start=\"720\">While investigating, deputies heard additional shots in the area and approached a nearby residence. According to the KBI, Lovgren exited the home with a handgun after deputies identified themselves and issued commands. A deputy then fired multiple rounds, striking and injuring Lovgren. No officers were injured.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1114\" data-start=\"1034\">The KBI says the Pottawatomie County Attorney is expected to prosecute the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Manhattan man in connection with a Jan. 3 officer-involved shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-146208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}