Update: Victims identified in double homicide in Elk County

ELK COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Elk County Sheriff’s Office have identified the second man who was shot and killed outside a Longton home Thursday following a get-together.

The KBI said in a news release that 41-year-old Lyle Miller showed up at an outdoor gathering and opened fire, killing 55-year-old Dewayne Smith and 57-year-old Robert S. Stricker.

The KBI said that Miller then fled to a nearby home. Law enforcement surrounded the house, spending hours trying to convince him to leave before sending a robot inside. The robot then located Miller dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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