SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting.
Just after 2a.m. 2:00 a.m. Sunday, police were dispatched to the QuikTrip at Central and Oliver in Wichita after a clerk had called 911 from the convenience store, according to Police Captain Jason Stephens.
A woman had come to the store to report report her boyfriend threatened her, made suicidal statements, and possibly fired a gun at a home in the 800 block of North Terrace.
At the same time that officers arrived at the QuikTrip, additional officers went to the residence on North Terrace.
Police contacted the resident, who advised that he had a male guest staying with him who had been having relationship issues. The resident called to the male, but he did not respond. Officers were then allowed inside the home to contact him.
The man later identified as 41-year-old Jess Jackson was in bed. Officers asked him to get out of bed and show his hands, but he ignored commands and reached toward the floor.
Officers continued to give commands to the man to put his hands up and stop reaching toward the ground, but he did not comply. Then Jackson produced a handgun from the floor and raised it, which prompted an officer to fire four shots.
Officers immediately rendered emergency life-saving measures and EMS was called to the scene, but the male succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
Jackson has a previously documented history of domestic violence, as well as multiple warrants through various jurisdictions including the state of Oklahoma, according to Stephens. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.