One person arrested after Father’s Day standoff in west Wichita
Police said a man who broke into a west Wichita home and assaulted a woman and a teen was arrested after a multi-hour standoff prompted a large law enforcement response on Father’s Day morning.
The man, who was not identified further by police, had a history of domestic violence with the teen — a 17-year-old girl — and went to a home in the 200 block of N. Gordon just before 6 a.m. Sunday to try to speak to her, police public information officer Andrew Ford said.
The woman in the home told the man that the teen was not there and that he needed to leave, Ford said, but the man refused to do so.
“The adult then told the suspect that if he did not leave, she would call 911,” Ford said in a media debriefing near the scene. “When she did state that, that male kicked in the door.”
The man assaulted the woman, Ford said. She made several attempts to escape but the man “forcibly kept her from leaving.” During that time, the 17-year-old arrived at the home and was also assaulted, Ford said. Police said the man pointed a firearm at both to prevent them from leaving.
Both were able to successfully escape as police arrived at the scene, and the man barricaded himself inside. Although injured, the women stayed at the scene to give police “the information we need to know what we were dealing with,” Ford said.
Police set up a perimeter, and put out a social media post asking people to avoid 2nd Street, from Meridian to Sheridan. Officers also asked residents in the 200 block of Gordon who needed to leave their homes to call 911 so police could escort them out and away from the standoff.
Crisis negotiators were on the scene and made several attempts to talk with the man before police deployed an R10 interior SWAT drone, Ford said, which was able to enter the home, find the man and establish communication with him.
“We then started communicating with that suspect, asking him to peacefully surrender, to come out with his hands up, at which time that drone kept all eyes on him,” Ford said. “That suspect, we could see, raised his hands inside the home and was exiting the home with his hands up to where he was safely taken into custody.”
Ford said the technology the department used, including the interior drone and a “throw-robot” which entered the home through a dog door, played a huge role in securing a “great conclusion.”
“Today proves why that (drone and robot technology) was such an important investment for our department,” Police Chief Joe Sullivan said. “Because that allows us to go in, get a picture, isolate where the suspect is, and then begin communications without exposing a police officer.”
Wichita is one of the first cities in the United States to have the R10 interior drone technology and to use it at an active scene, Sullivan added.
“The operator of the drone today ... got that drone into places I never thought possible,” Sullivan said. “And I can tell you by the look on his face he was quite shocked when he came out expecting to see people and there was nothing but technology there.”
Sullivan said that while the SWAT team’s job is done, the work has only begun for detectives. He said the department will put together a “solid case” to present to the district attorney’s office for charging considerations “because this type of behavior against women is just completely unacceptable, and we’re going to make sure that justice is served.”
“This is a cycle of violence. This is repeated violence against this victim,” Sullivan said. The man had a history of domestic violence with the 17-year-old and had stabbed her in a previous incident in 2025, police said.
“Both of these victims ... did incur injuries at the hands of the suspect; that’s completely unacceptable.”
After the standoff ended, Ford said both women would be treated for their injuries. Residents have since been told they can return to their homes, and 2nd from Meridian to Sheridan has reopened.
This story was originally published June 21, 2026 at 12:24 PM.
