K-9 ends standoff in south Wichita after shot fired, police say
.JPG "A Wichita police officer and K-9 walk back to their vehicle after a SWAT standoff ended Thursday in south Wichita when the suspect was taken down by a K-9.")
Updated 6:45 p.m.:
A six-plus hour standoff in south Wichita ended when a police K-9 took down the 50-year-old man as he came out on the porch to talk with negotiators, Wichita police spokesperson Trevor Macy said.
Police are waiting to get a search warrant before checking the home for a possible firearm, he said.
The man was being treated by EMS on the scene and was taken to an area hospital before he will be booked into jail.
Update 4:25 p.m.:
Police have a home surrounded and have been in contact with the male inside who’s believed to be armed, according to Wichita police spokesperson Trevor Macy.
When police arrived they heard a gunshot, he said.
Macy said the situation started when the male threatened a neighbor with a gun. About 11 minutes after police were first called, a second caller told dispatch a man had shot a gun, according to 911 emergency communications traffic.
“There was a man there that shot off a gun, didn’t shoot at anyone,” the 911 dispatcher said.
Original 3:30 p.m.:
SWAT is on the scene of an incident in south Wichita that started just before noon Thursday.
Police were originally there for a disturbance with a weapon but that has since been changed to an officer in trouble, a Sedgwick County 911 emergency communications dispatcher said around 2:50 p.m.
Police first responded around 11:45 a.m. to the 1000 block of East MacArthur. Police could be heard navigating an armored vehicle to near a padlocked gate around 3 p.m., according to 911 emergency communications.
No other details were available.
This story was originally published August 19, 2021 at 3:30 PM.
CORRECTION: Police at the scene of the standoff misidentified the age of the suspect, so the wrong age was reported in an earlier version of this story. He is 50.