Man shot by off-duty Wichita police officer had just started probation for burglary

Fifteen days before getting into a deadly shoot-out with an off-duty Wichita police officer in the officer’s home, court records show Christian Webb was put on probation — for a home burglary.

Last winter, Webb broke out a window and entered a house in Wichita with the intent to commit theft, Sedgwick County District Court records show.

After pleading guilty to felony burglary in that case, Webb was sentenced by Sedgwick County District Judge Jeff Syrios to 24 months of supervised probation on June 18, with an 11-month prison sentence if he violated his probation.

Tuesday morning, 15 days after being granted probation for the previous home burglary, police said Webb put on a mask and, armed with a stolen gun, entered the home of an off-duty Wichita patrol officer.

Once inside the officer’s home, Webb began making demands of the officer, whose wife and two daughters were nearby, Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said.

The officer grabbed his service weapon — the gun issued to him by the Wichita Police Department — and shot Webb multiple times, Ramsay said. Webb shot the officer, whose name has not been released by the Wichita Police Department, in the leg. The officer was released from the hospital within a couple of hours.

The officer’s wife and two daughters were not physically harmed, Ramsay said, but were “very shaken” by what happened.

“This is everybody’s nightmare — to wake up an intruder in your home with a weapon and threatening you and your family,” Ramsay said.

“And we are very thankful that the officer should recover without any issues,” Ramsay said.

Webb died at the hospital, Ramsay said.

Wichita police responded to a call at the officer’s house in the 1900 block of North Stoney Point Court, near 21st and Maize in northwest Wichita, at 3:17 a.m. on Tuesday.

Ramsay said Wichita police are investigating whether or not Webb is responsible for a string of vehicle break-ins down the street from the officer’s home.

Wichita police don’t know whether this was a “targeted event or if it was random,” Ramsay said. There was no sign of forced entry and Ramsay said that a door may have been unlocked at the officer’s home.

The officer who was shot has been a patrol officer since 2007, Ramsay said.

Ramsay said Wichita police will conduct an internal investigation of the incident as well as a standard criminal investigation.

This story was originally published July 3, 2018 at 11:01 AM.