A police standoff that started in north Wichita Sunday morning ended with a 39-year-old man being shot by law enforcement. According to Wichita Police Department Interim Chief Lem Moore, 911 received the initial call around 9 a.m. for the report of domestic violence involving shots being fired near 45th North and Arkansas.
Upon arrival officers learned the suspect had barricaded himself in a shed at the back of the residence. Negotiators were called to the scene in an attempt to talk the suspect out safely.
Around noon, the SWAT team was called out to continue to work with the suspect. Shortly later the suspect began shooting. Four to five shots were fired, one of the shots struck a police car. The suspect stepped outside of the shed to shoot again, and one shot was fired from an officer, stopping the suspect.
The man was hospitalized in critical condition.