According to the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, 36-year-old Joseph Lee Dickey was facing two counts of aggravated assault and one count of criminal discharge of a firearm in connection with a Feb. 14 shooting.
Authorities say the incident began Thursday afternoon, when members of the U.S. Marshals Service and detectives with the Leavenworth Police Department located Dickey at an apartment in the 700 block of North 13th Street Terrace. Dickey had an outstanding aggravated assault warrant and refused to leave.
Later Thursday afternoon, police say Dickey fired multiple rounds from a rifle from inside the apartment toward officers in the parking lot. Authorities say no officers returned fire, and no injuries were reported.
Officers later entered the apartment and found Dickey deceased in a bathroom from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The scene was cleared early Friday morning.
