Investigations continue into a pair of incidents in Emporia from earlier this month.
Emporia Police continues its work in solving a fatal hit-and-run incident from Dec. 15. Osvaldo Laffita-Ramirez, age 50, was hit by a vehicle at Sixth and Constitution and died later that night. The suspect, Angel Manuel Alvarado, came forward several days later and began cooperating with authorities after allegedly loading Laffita-Ramirez in his vehicle, driving to a house two blocks away and fleeing the scene. Formal charges have not been announced in this case, and any decision apparently hinges on test results — which could be weeks or months away.
Emporia Police has received help of varying degrees from Lyon and Coffey county deputies, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Lyon County Coroner’s Office as the investigation continues.
Separately, officers have been investigating since Dec. 2 after an effort to serve a felony warrant turned into a standoff and a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Officers were searching for Guadalupe Murillo at an apartment in the Whittier Place complex. As they searched one unit, Murillo allegedly appeared from a closet holding a gun to himself. Officers removed an unspecified number of people from the apartment, backed out and began a roughly two-hour negotiation process before Murillo allegedly shot himself once in the chest. He was taken to Newman Regional Health with suspected serious injuries.
Formal charges are pending. No other information about this case, including a medical status update for Murillo, has been divulged.
