Oct 18, 2020

KBI: SW Kan. man hospitalized after officer-involved shooting

Posted Oct 18, 2020 1:24 AM
Officers on the scene of Saturday's officer-involved shooting in Andover -photo courtesy KWCH
Officers on the scene of Saturday's officer-involved shooting in Andover -photo courtesy KWCH

BUTLER COUNTY  The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred at a Kwik Shop in Andover, Kansas

Just before 3:30p.m. Saturday, the Andover Police Department received a 911 call indicating there was a man brandishing a gun outside the Kwik Shop located at 114 W Highway 54 in Andover, according to a media release.

Officers responded and made contact with the 46-year-old male subject from Dodge City.

After a verbal exchange, an Andover police officer shot the armed subject. The man then led multiple law enforcement agencies on a foot pursuit through several businesses in the area. The man was apprehended at Braum’s located at 401 S Andover Road.

The man was transported to Wesley Hospital in Wichita, Kan. He sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries.  No officers were injured during this incident.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office, the Augusta Department of Safety, the Andover Police Department, and the Butler County EMS transport were involved in this incident.