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Update: Police wound Kan. man while responding to domestic disturbance

Suspect image courteay Wichita Police

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say a 26-year-old man is recovering after being shot by an officer responding to an emergency call from the man’s mother.

Police Capt. Brent Allred said the officer fired three shots Sunday night after it appeared the man pointed a gun at the officer. Police later determined an object in the man’s hand was not a gun.

The officer has been working with the department for seven months. He is on paid administrative leave, which is policy after a shooting.

Allred says the man was shot once in the abdomen and was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He remains hospitalized Monday in stable condition.

The investigation is ongoing.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an officer has shot and wounded a man in Wichita while responding to a domestic disturbance.

Police on the scene of the officer-involved shooting photo courtesy KWCH

Wichita police Patrol North Capt. Lem Moore says officers responded Sunday night after a 26-year-old man showed up at a relative’s home, where he wasn’t welcome. Moore says the man started to flee, refused to cooperate and “displayed aggressiveness” before he was shot in a field in front of the home.

The man was taken to a hospital night in critical condition. The investigation is ongoing.

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