WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An 18-year-old is dead after pointing a gun at a Sedgwick County deputy who pulled him over for driving erratically.

Sedgwick County Jeff Easter says the deputy spotted a possible impaired driver around 1 a.m. Thursday in Wichita and stopped the vehicle. The sheriff says the driver, Caleb Douglas, pointed a handgun at the deputy’s face after being asked to step out of his car.

Easter says the deputy retreated before firing at least 16 shots at the driver, who drove off before striking a house. An autopsy will show whether one of the deputy’s bullets killed Douglas, or if he killed himself.

The 32-year-old deputy has been a patrol officer for 14 months and has seven years of prior law enforcement experience.

Both he and the driver are white.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after a Wichita traffic stop led to a shooting and crash.

Lt. Lin Dehning of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says shots were fired after a deputy stopped a driver early Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the suspect or the deputy fired the shots. Dehning says there are no other suspects.

After the shots were fired, the vehicle left and struck a house a short time later. The man was taken to a hospital where he died.

No other information was immediately available. Authorities are planning a media briefing later Thursday to release more details.