{"id":227979,"date":"2026-10-19T03:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/kansas-driver-who-allegedly-killed-two-and-hurt-10-at-soccer-game-is-released-from-custody-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T03:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:35:16","slug":"kansas-driver-who-allegedly-killed-two-and-hurt-10-at-soccer-game-is-released-from-custody-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/kansas-driver-who-allegedly-killed-two-and-hurt-10-at-soccer-game-is-released-from-custody-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas driver who allegedly killed two and hurt 10 at soccer game is released from custody – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wichita police awaiting toxicology results and mechanical exam of pickup truck driven by the 34-year-old woman
A woman who was arrested on Saturday after she drove a truck through a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas<\/a> \u2013 killing<\/a> a boy and a man \u2013 has been released from custody without charges pending further investigation, according to authorities.
In a statement on Sunday, the Wichita police department said investigators were awaiting the results of toxicology testing on the driver, whom the agency would only describe as a 34-year-old woman. Police said they were also waiting for \u201ca mechanical examination\u201d of the pickup truck that the woman was driving at the time she struck and killed six-year-old Cole Adrian <\/strong>and Nicholas Schafer, 35.
Cole and Schafer were both from McPherson, Kansas<\/a>, about an hour drive north of Wichita, police said. They were not relatives of each other, according to police \u2013 while a competitive youth soccer club from McPherson called their deaths \u201can unimaginable tragedy\u201d.
Ten other people were injured in a case that caused horror well beyond Wichita. Police said the injured included five children: two girls ages five and nine, a five-year-old boy, and two boys age eight.
The rest of those hurt were women aged 28, 59 and 65, as well as men aged 32 and 68, police said.
Those 10 victims had wounds that were considered traumatic but not life-threatening, police said.
Police also said that an 11th person, a 61-year-old woman, experienced medical complications that were unrelated to traumatic injuries.
As investigators put it, the woman at the center of the case was parked at the Stryker Sports Complex in north-east Wichita when she drove on to soccer fields there at about 3.25pm on Saturday. Emergency personnel responding to calls that the pickup driver struck multiple children and adults arrived to treat the victims while police detained the woman at the wheel of the truck.
The woman had two of her children in the pickup with her, and a third was playing soccer elsewhere at the complex, police said.
The two children in the driver\u2019s truck were among more than 30 witnesses whom investigators interviewed, police said.
Police said they later released the driver from custody without charges after consulting with the local Sedgwick county district attorney\u2019s office. While \u201cno charges have been filed at this time \u2026 investigators continue working to determine the circumstances that led to the crash\u201d.
Police said the woman had a valid driver\u2019s license, no outstanding warrants and was from Garden City, Kansas, about three and a half hours west of Wichita. They discussed little else about her.
Meanwhile, the McPherson City FC competitive youth soccer club said in a Facebook post<\/a> on Saturday that it had \u201csuffered an unimaginable tragedy at Stryker Soccer Complex\u201d.
\u201cWe ask that you keep all those involved in your thoughts and prayers,\u201d the club\u2019s post continued. \u201cDealing with a loss of this magnitude also calls for privacy and respect for all our soccer community. Please allow time for healing and grieving to take place and be there for those that seek guidance.\u201d
After saying that McPherson City FC would later publish further information in regards to the club and its upcoming events, the post concluded: \u201cPlease hold your loved ones tight tonight.\u201d
Cole Adrian, the boy killed on Saturday, shared a last name with the man publicly listed as McPherson City FC (MCFC)\u2019s director of coaches. A social media post in late August from the club\u2019s director of coaches mentioned Cole having just scored his first \u201cMCFC goal\u201d.
Social media profiles associated with the family of a McPherson man with Schaffer\u2019s name and age indicate he had three children. A relative posted a picture with that man\u2019s wife late on Saturday morning smiling near folding chairs on the sideline of a soccer field.
McPherson\u2019s municipal government wrote in its own Facebook post<\/a>: \u201cOur community is hurting, and we stand together, and in support.\u201d
\u201cStay strong, McPherson,\u201d that post also said. \u201cBe there [and] be kind.\u201d
Wichita\u2019s police chief, Joe Sullivan, added that the hearts of those at his agency \u201care with the families of Adrian and Nicholas as they face an unimaginable loss\u201d.
\u201cWhat should have been a day of children playing soccer and families spending time together ended in tragedy,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cWe are also thinking about those who were injured, their loved ones and everyone who witnessed what happened.
\u201cWe know this tragedy has affected many people throughout our community, and we want those families to know they are not alone. Our officers and investigators will continue working to understand exactly what happened.\u201d
Stryker Sports Complex announced that all events had been cancelled there until further notice.
\u201cWe ask that you keep all individuals and families affected in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,\u201d the complex also said<\/a> in its announcement. \u201cPlease avoid the complex to allow emergency personnel to carry out their work.
\u201cUpdates regarding future events will be shared as information becomes available.\u201d
Separately, the Kansas State High School Activities Association also suspended its third-place and championship flag football games, which had been scheduled for later on Saturday at the complex.
\u201cThe KSHSAA extends our condolences to the families and teams [affected] by the incident,\u201d the association said<\/a>.
The organization said it planned on providing details about rescheduled games on Monday.
Saturday marked the second time in less than 26 years that the Stryker complex \u2013 near the corner of Wichita\u2019s North Greenwich Road and East 29th Street \u2013 was at the center of a high-profile, deadly case.
Brothers named Jonathan and Reginald Carr were convicted of shooting<\/a> five people \u2013 including four fatally \u2013 on a snow-covered field there in December 2000 during a crime spree that also involved robbery, rape and torture, according to information culled from court filings and media reports.
The Carrs were sentenced to die over what some have referred to as the \u201cWichita massacre\u201d. And in July, Kansas governor Laura Kelly denied<\/a> their requests for their death sentences to be commuted to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

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