Fugitive still alive after shootout, police say

UPDATED 2:35 P.M.: The fugitive who shot himself while fleeing from police early Wednesday afternoon is still alive but is in critical condition.

Wichita police Chief Gordon Ramsay shared the update on his Twitter account at 2:35 p.m. He’d earlier said the man, who is 26 and wanted for murder in Florida, had “committed suicide ... when confronted by officers.” He is being treated at a Wichita hospital.

Police are still looking for a 27-year-old woman who was with the man when he fled a house in the 1000 block of South Ellis where U.S. Marshals were trying to serve a homicide warrant. The pair left the scene in a dark-colored two-door Honda.

Officer Charley Davidson said that, as of early Wednesday afternoon, she wasn’t considered a suspect. Authorities were using dogs to search for her in the same neighborhood where the Honda crashed into a house at 641 S. Ellis, according to emergency radio traffic.

“There is no cause for great alarm in the neighborhood,” said Davidson at about 1:45 p.m.

UPDATED 1:55 P.M.: Police say a 26-year-old man wanted for murder in Florida shot himself in the 400 block of South Hydraulic as he ran from authorities pursuing him.

The man, according to police, was involved in a shootout with federal law enforcement officers before turning the gun on himself. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said.

Wichita police Chief Gordon Ramsay tweeted the following Wednesday afternoon: “U.S. Marshals attempted to arrest a male on a homicide warrant a short time ago in the 1000 block of S. Ellis when they were shot at by the suspect. Marshals return fire/suspect fled in a car w/two other people and crashed. Suspect committed suicide shortly when confronted by officers.”

UPDATED 1:10 P.M.: Wichita police Chief Gordon Ramsay tweeted that no officers have been hurt in a shooting that occurred in the 400 block of South Hydraulic shortly before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Emergency radio traffic indicates one person was reportedly in critical condition after being shot. He was a suspect in a case where a two-door Honda ran into a house in the 600 block of South Ellis.

Further details were not immediately available. The Wichita Police Department is expected to give a news briefing at Hydraulic and Orme sometime Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities are also in that neighborhood searching for a woman reportedly wearing a flowered shirt and black sweatpants who is allegedly involved. A witness at the scene told authorities the woman was running southbound on Indianapolis at around 12:30 p.m., according to emergency scanner traffic.

ORIGINAL STORY: One person has been shot in the 400 block of South Hydraulic, just north of Kellogg, and is in critical condition, according to emergency radio traffic.

The shooting victim is reportedly a suspect in a call that happened at a nearby home, in the 600 block of South Ellis. He was shot shortly before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to emergency scanner traffic. Authorities have blocked off Ellis Street while they investigate.

This is a breaking news situation. We will post updates on this case as they become available.

This story was originally published December 14, 2016 at 12:40 PM with the headline "Fugitive still alive after shootout, police say."