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Cedric Larry Ford (1978 - February 25, 2016) was the perpetrator of the Heston and Newton Kansas shootings. 4 people died (including the perpetrator) and 14 were injured. This is one of the two only mass shootings in the state of Kansas.
Early Life
Ford had a multiple arrests earlier in his life, including a arrest for carrying a concealed firearm at the age of 18. Following that arrest from 1996, Ford has been arrested for drug possession, theft, parole violation, misdemeanor conviction in a brawl that occurred in 2008 and several traffic violations from 2014 - 2015. Even in Ford's home in Broward County, Florida, Cedric had arrests for resisting arrest, battery and grand theft.
20 days before the shooting, Cedric's girlfriend accused him of assault and domestic violence and issued a restraining order against him. The order was given to him on February 12, during which he "acted annoyed but not out of the ordinary", according to the police sergeant who served him the papers.
The second order was given to him on around 3:30 p.m. on the day of the shootings and may have contributed to the event.