Editing Newton, Kansas (section)

===21st century===
On February 25, 2016, Newton was the site of the first of several related shooting incidents, which culminated in [[Hesston shootings|a mass shooting]] at an Excel Industries building in nearby [[Hesston, Kansas|Hesston]] that left three people dead and 12 others injured.<ref name=KWCH>{{cite web|url=http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/police-responding-to-shooting-at-excel-industries-in-hesston/38197242|title=Excel Industries shooter identified as Cedric Ford|work=KWCH|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=February 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226090216/http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/police-responding-to-shooting-at-excel-industries-in-hesston/38197242|archive-date=February 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/25/kansas-gunman-kills-as-many-as-four-people-injures-up-to-20-others-sheriff-says/|title=Kansas gunman kills three people and injures 14 people, sheriff says|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=February 25, 2016|first1=Mark|last1=Berman|first2=Michael E.|last2=Miller}}</ref> The shooter, identified as Excel employee Cedric Larry Ford, was then killed by a responding police officer.<ref name="nbc">{{cite web|title=Gunman Among 4 Dead, 14 Hurt in Kansas Workplace Shooting|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Hesston-Kansas-Active-Shooter-Shelter-in-Place-370193601.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_NYBrand|work=NBC New York|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=February 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|title=Multiple dead plus shooter after Kansas shootings; up to 20 injured|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/25/reports-2-dead-hesston-kansas-workplace-shooting/80954886/|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=February 25, 2016|first=Melanie|last=Eversley}}</ref>