GARDEN CITY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is in charge of investigating a shooting involving an off-duty Finney County Sheriff’s Deputy.

Deputies were dispatched to a suicidal subject with a gun in the 21000 Block of Eddie Road in northeast Finney County on Sunday night, according to a media release from the Finney County Sheriff’s office

An off-duty Finney County Sheriff’s Deputy who lives in the area was also contacted by nearby residents

He responded and drove his personal vehicle to the residence.

A 23-year-old man approached the deputy with a gun. The deputy shot the man once in the leg.

The deputy and the neighbors from the area provided first aid until Finney County EMS transported him to St. Catherine’s Hospital.

The deputy is on paid administrative leave.