SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a domestic violence abduction case.

Just after  1:30 p.m. Saturday,  a 40-year-old woman at the apartments in the 2500 block of south Oliver in Wichita contacted police and reported a domestic disturbance between her 30-year-old female neighbor and her neighbor’s 23-year-old boyfriend, according to officer Charlie Davidson.

The reporting woman also stated the boyfriend drove away with his girlfriend in a car, against her wishes.

Officers began investigating the situation when the suspect drove by officers and the female victim was motioning at officers for help. 

Officers caught up to the suspect and victim in the vehicle in the 2000 block of south Old Manor where the suspect stopped the car and fled on foot.  The suspect ran into an unoccupied home in the same block, forced open the door and then barricaded the door closed.

WPD Officers in foot pursuit were able to overcome the barricade and took the suspect into custody without further incident, according to Davidson.

The suspect was arrested and booked into jail for kidnapping, criminal threats, felony obstruct, burglary, criminal damage to property, and domestic violence battery. 

The victim sustained only minor injuries. Davidson did not release the suspect’s name.