--- title: 4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel description: Four federal agents were shot Saturday during an attempted arrest at a Kansas motel, which burned down after the shootout, authorities said. canonical: https://time.com/4305872/federal-agents-shot-kansas-motel/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-24T15:42:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:32:05.604Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel og:description: The motel also burned down after the violence og:url: https://time.com/4305872/federal-agents-shot-kansas-motel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f3998ff496f56b/698890750b72e3f7a76e90f3/police-line-crime-scene.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 169756448 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel twitter:description: The motel also burned down after the violence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f3998ff496f56b/698890750b72e3f7a76e90f3/police-line-crime-scene.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 24, 2016 3:42 PM CUT  Crime Scene Crime SceneGetty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 24, 2016 3:42 PM CUT [Four federal agents were shot](http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/us/kansas-federal-agents-shot/ "undefined") Saturday during an attempted arrest at a Kansas motel, which burned down after the shootout, authorities said. Gunfire erupted at the Country Club Motel shortly after officers from the U.S. Marshals Service’s Fugitive Task Forces arrived to hunt down a suspect, Topeka Police Lt. Colleen Stuart told CNN. Two U.S. marshals, an FBI agent and a fourth federal agent were shot, but they all sustained non-life threatening injuries, Stuart said. A fire broke out at the motel at the same time, [Topeka police said in a statement](https://twitter.com/Topeka%5FPolice/status/724143258406928384 "undefined"), although it is unclear whether it was set intentionally. It’s also unclear whether authorities caught the suspect, who is a fugitive wanted on a warrant, CNN reports. The FBI is set to release more information about the incident later Sunday, Topeka police said. > [](https://twitter.com/Topeka%5FPolice/status/724143258406928384) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4305872/federal-agents-shot-kansas-motel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4305872/federal-agents-shot-kansas-motel/"},"headline":"4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel","datePublished":"2016-04-24T15:42:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:32:05.604Z","description":"The motel also burned down after the violence","url":"https://time.com/4305872/federal-agents-shot-kansas-motel/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f3998ff496f56b/698890750b72e3f7a76e90f3/police-line-crime-scene.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f3998ff496f56b/698890750b72e3f7a76e90f3/police-line-crime-scene.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"169756448","caption":"Crime Scene","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4305872/federal-agents-shot-kansas-motel/","name":"4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel"}}]}] ```