FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lieutenant Detective Christopher Hall
Phone: 620-724-8274
Email: chall@crsoks.org

Girard, Kansas – June 29, 2025

On Sunday, June 29, 2025 just before 4:00 A.M., Crawford County Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call in regards to a shooting that had just occurred at the Maple Tree Apartments located at 613 W. St. John in Girard.

Deputies arrived on scene and located an adult black male suffering from a gunshot wound to his abdominal area. Deputies on scene rendered aid to the victim and secured the area as a crime scene. The victim, identified as Antaun R. Sams (36), was transported to Girard Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Sams would later be transferred to a different hospital with a higher-level trauma center.

Detectives and deputies began investigating the incident, and quickly identified multiple suspects involved in the shooting.
Less than an hour after the shooting occurred, units responded to 818-B S. Hugh Street in Frontenac, assisted by the Frontenac Police Department, and detained:

Rickey Burns Sr, 61
Rickey Burns Jr, 33
Cody G. Hammonds, 34
Demitra A. Durden, 41

These four were later transported to the Crawford County Jail in Girard.

Search warrants were obtained and executed for the residences located at 818-B S. Hugh and 812-A S. Hugh in Frontenac and evidence was obtained by investigators.

Rickey Burns Sr.  is being held on charges of: attempted murder, felony interference with law enforcement, possession of marijuana.

Rickey Burns Jr. is being held on a charge of: felony interference with law enforcement

Cody G. Hammonds is being held on a charge of: felony interference with law enforcement

Demitra A. Durden is being held on charges of: felon in possession of a firearm, felony interference with law enforcement

This incident is still under investigation by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office. If you have ANY information regarding this incident, please contact the Investigations Bureau with the Crawford County Sheriff's Office by phone at 620-724-8274 or online at www.crsoks.org. Callers may remain anonymous.

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