ATCHISON, Kan. – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer involved shooting which occurred in Atchison on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
According to a KBI media release, the Atchison Police Department contacted the KBI at approximately 10:35 a.m. to request assistance investigating an officer involved shooting. KBI agents and the crime scene response team (CSRT) responded to conduct the investigation.
Preliminary information indicates that an officer from the Atchison Police Department was dispatched to a theft of services call at a residence at N. Fourth St. and L St. in Atchison. When the officer arrived on scene at approximately 10:20 a.m., a male subject on the property approached the officer while carrying a rifle. The officer gave verbal commands to drop the gun, and the subject complied by putting down the rifle.
Then, the verbal conflict with the resident escalated, and the officer deployed a Taser toward the subject. The subject produced a handgun he had in his possession, and fired at the officer. The officer was not hit by gunfire, and returned fire at the subject. The subject was struck during the exchange.
The subject was taken into custody, and EMS was called. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The subject was later identified as Bryan C. Boldridge, 44, of Atchison.
The KBI will conduct a thorough and independent investigation into this shooting. Once the investigation is complete, the findings will be turned over to the Atchison County Attorney for review.
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ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — An Atchison homeowner was wounded when he was involved in a gunfight with a police officer.
Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson said the officer was not injured during the confrontation Wednesday.
Wilson says police responded to a call to help utility crews and a homeowner confronted the officer.
Wilson says the man shot at the officer, who returned fire. The man’s condition was not immediately available.
Details about what prompted the police call and the confrontation have not been released.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting.