Wichita police ID woman with gun who was shot by officers at Whole Foods Monday night
Wichita police have identified the woman who was shot by officers Monday night inside the Whole Foods grocery store near 13th and Webb as 31-year-old Danielle Robinson of Salina.
Robinson, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and one count of aggravated robbery.
At a Tuesday news conference, Capt. Jason Stephens of the Wichita Police Department said two officers were dispatched to the store at around 8:15 p.m. in response to reports of a woman with a gun behaving erratically.
“She was described as being paranoid, walking in and out of the store, drinking alcohol at times and brandishing a gun,” Stephens said. “She also was seen pointing a gun at windows in the store and outside at the parking lot.”
When officers arrived, they saw the woman crouching down in the store entrance with a gun. Both officers gave verbal commands for her to drop the weapon, but she retreated inside the store and fired one shot at the officers, Stephens said.
Both officers returned fire, discharging six shots each and striking the woman with at least one bullet, he said.
Stephens said there were 10 to 15 shoppers and staff inside the store when the shooting happened. None were harmed, but police say Robinson pointed her gun at several people.
“Through witness statements, we learned that our suspect did point a gun at at least three individuals and actually demanded car keys of one of them while pointing the gun at them,” Stephens said.
After Robinson was shot, the officers took her into custody and rendered aid immediately by applying pressure to her wound, Stephens said. She was then taken to the hospital.
Stephens said the investigation is ongoing and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has been called into assist. The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.
Both officers involved in the shooting, a 19-year veteran and an eight-year veteran of the department, have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, as is standard protocol, Stephens said.
In January, Robinson was arrested in an incident involving firing a gun inside a Salina rehabilitation center.
This story was originally published October 5, 2021 at 7:28 AM.
