Man detained, pickup seized in hunting death
BY STAN FINGER AND DION LEFLER
The Wichita Eagle
One person has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of an Americus teen while he was goose hunting Saturday, authorities said. "We have somebody detained," Lyon County Detective Travis Mishler said from Emporia. "Right now they're on their way from the Topeka area down to here."

Sheriff Gary Eichorn said the man is believed to be the owner of a pickup seen by witnesses at the time of the shooting. Beau Arndt, 18, was goose hunting with two friends Saturday morning in northern Lyon County when he was hit by a rifle shot fired from a pickup, authorities have said. Arndt and his friends had placed several dozen goose decoys in a field and were lying in the snow dressed in white when a pickup stopped along a nearby road and fired a rifle shot into the decoys. Arndt was hit and died at the scene.

A pickup matching the description offered by witnesses has also been seized, Mishler said.
Eichorn said investigators tracked down the truck and its owner in Topeka using rental records of a cabin near where the shooting occurred. "It was just good police work," he said.

Witnesses had described the truck as a red and orange 1970s-era Ford, possibly with a Shawnee County license tag.

Check Kansas.com for updates.
http://www.kansas.com/news/updates/story/259369.html

***I also heard that they have a signed confession from him.***

Thanks for the update Joey.....

Thanks for the update. Hope this is the guy and gets the book thrown at him.

This is a shame and a senseless murder.
I hope that this scumbag is made quite an example of by the judge.

Thanks for the update. I know that helps the family that they caught one of the four guys, but unfortunately it will not bring the young man back. So sad.

Just heard on the news, that he'll be charged with Involuntary Manslaughter. Probably 3-5 years in prison, but could be out in as little as 2....

The kid loses his life, the family suffers for the rest of theisr. This assClown may have to go to jail for two years[:@]

We need new laws, he should get atleast 25 years IMO

Wow. I hadn't been on the forum in a couple days and that was a very sad and tough story to read. I'm glad to hear the update and obviously wish he would get more punishment, but at least the good thing is that he was apprehended and will be charged.

I just can't get over how someone could pull over and shoot from their vehicle into an open field trying to take an animal/bird. That just digusts me. [:'(]

Glad to hear they caught him.