SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating after an off-duty Wichita police officer shot and killed a home intruder in an exchange of gunfire Tuesday.
Just after 3a.m., officers responded to a shooting at a residence near 21st Street and Maize Road, according to Police Chief Gordon Ramsay.
When police arrived, they discovered it was an off-duty officer’s home. The officer, his wife and two children were in the residence when an intruder woke them.
The intruder had a firearm, according to Ramsay and started ordering the ordering the off-duty officer what to do. The off-duty officer was able to retrieve a handgun and a shootout ensued, according to Ramsay. Numerous rounds were fired inside the home by the suspect and the off-duty officer.
The off-duty officer was wounded in the leg, according to Ramsay.
The suspect identified as 24-year-old Christian Webb was shot multiple times and died at the hospital. The officer’s wife and children were not physically harmed, according to Ramsay.
“We still don’t know if this was a targeted event or random. There were a couple of vehicles down the street broken into and Webb may have been responsible for them as well.”
The officer was treated at the hospital and has been released, according to Ramsay. Police are working to confirm the intruder used a stolen gun.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty Wichita officer and a suspected home intruder have been wounded in an exchange of gunfire.
Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says a 24-year-old man shot the officer in the leg after breaking into his home. The officer then returned fire, hitting the suspect several times.
The intruder is hospitalized in critical condition. Ramsay say the officer also was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK. The officer’s wife and children were home at the time of the shooting and are shaken up but uninjured.
Ramsay says some cars had been broken into near where the shooting happened. Ramsay says there is no connection between the suspect and officer.