The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday afternoon involving a deputy from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

 At around 2:40pm yesterday, deputies from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office initiated a car stop on a suspected stolen pickup truck near Andover. The driver of the white truck fled, prompting a vehicle pursuit. 

Preliminary information indicates the pursuit ended near the Butler and Sedgwick county line, when the 21-year-old male driver wrecked the truck. He exited and fled on foot into a residential neighborhood. Multiple deputies pursued him on foot. The man then got into an unoccupied moving truck and attempted to drive flee. Law enforcement approached the truck and a deputy deployed a taser with limited effect. The suspect continued driving toward a deputy who fired one round, striking the subject.  

The truck continued forward crashing into a garage, and coming to rest on the front porch of a house. Deputies began life-saving measures. EMS responded and transported the man to a Wichita hospital with critical injuries. No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident. 

This investigation is ongoing. No further information will be released at this time.