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Youngsters learned how to be real-life crime scene investigators during the Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department’s CSI: Shawnee class.

Mission Police Officer Marty Augustine (left) helps Jake Oltremari of Merriam lift a fingerprint from Oltremari’s cup at Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department’s Shawnee: CSI class. Augustine and Mission Police Det. Danny Smith helped teach the class, which was conducted Tuesday.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

Chayse Phillips, Molly Mangelsdorf, Joey Pentola and Margie Melott (from left), all of Shawnee, take careful notes as they observe the “murder scene” set up for the class. Participants in the class had the challenge of determining the murderer using clues from the scene.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

Antonio Flenco (right) of Merriam and Jordan Brodbeck of Shawnee dust plastic cups for fingerprints.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

Shawnee police Sgt. Steve McCorkill pours plaster onto a shoe-print in the dirt Tuesday at Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department’s Shawnee: CSI class. This is the second time the department has held the class, this time with 24 participants.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

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— Bob Dyche

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