By Michael Stavola
The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA, Kan. — One person is dead and an officer is in critical condition after a shooting Saturday night in south Wichita.
Officers responded to a welfare check call around 10:15 p.m. in the 500 block of West Carlyle. Two officers arrived at the home where “two females” were when a suspect inside the home started shooting at the officers, Capt. Wendell Nicholson said.
An officer was hit multiple times. He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.
The suspect continued shooting as other officers arrived, Nicholson said. The suspect was eventually shot. He died at the scene.
“There are multiple witnesses that have been taken up to the sixth floor” where the homicide unit is, he said.
Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said in a tweet that the officer remained in critical condition as of about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
“Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers,” Ramsay said.
The Honore Adversis Foundation, with the family’s blessing and permission, is accepting donations on behalf of the officer injured in the line of duty, Officer Charley Davidson said. Donations can be made online at www.honorduringadversity.org.
The Wichita Police Department plans to hold a news conference at 2 p.m. with additional information on the shooting.
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