On September 4, 2024, at approximately 1:20 pm the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Team which consisted of five deputies and one sergeant responded to a residence in the 8100 block of South Bernice in Haysville attempting to serve an arrest warrant for a suspect, 43, and began conducting surveillance on the home.
Deputies conducted interviews and received information confirming that the suspect was inside the home.
At 2:55pm deputies requested the assistance of a K9. A K9 from the Haysville police department assisted with clearing the residence. After the K9 cleared the residence, a team of Deputies entered the residence and believed the suspect was locked in a bedroom. A K9 from the Wichita Police Department responded and remained outside the residence for the duration of the incident.
A sergeant and two deputies exited the residence and prepared to deploy chemical munitions into the bedroom to end the barricade. At 3:48pm, a deputy broke out a bedroom window and the suspect fired at the deputy’s multiple times.
Two deputies returned fire. Deputy A fired three rounds from a rifle and Deputy B fired five rounds from a handgun. Neither the suspect nor the involved deputies were injured in the exchange of gunfire.
The combined WPD and Sedgwick County SWAT team and WPD negotiators were activated at 4:03pm.
At 4:41pm, WPD negotiators contacted the suspect by phone. Throughout the ensuing seven-hour negotiation the suspect made multiple statements that this was his “last stand” and that he would shoot at officers if they made entry into the home.
At 9:01pm, after negotiations deteriorated and continued threats by the suspect chemical munitions were deployed into the residence and SWAT operators heard gunshots inside.
Following the deployment of chemical munitions, the suspect resumed communication with negotiators, who remained focused on achieving a peaceful resolution. While operators were preparing to introduce a second round of chemical munitions, the suspect peacefully surrendered at 11:33pm.
The man was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on three counts of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer. This investigation is ongoing as detectives are currently serving a search warrant at the incident location to gather additional information.
The charges may be updated as more information is gathered.
The suspect was arrested on an approved arrest warrant stemming from a charged case in Sedgwick County District Court. The warrant was for Failure to Appear and Contempt of Court stemming from an incident where the man threatened to shoot bail bondsmen when they made an arrest attempt.
The case is being presented to the Sedgwick County
District Attorney’s Office for formal charging consideration.
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