The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday (Monday) morning in western Kansas.
The incident occurred around 11am yesterday on US-54 about five miles west of Pratt when a motor carrier inspector from the Kansas Highway Patrol observed a 2016 Honda Odyssey on the side of the road. The officer stopped to offer help and ran the vehicle's tag number. Before the information on the tag came back, the vehicle fled, departing west on US-54. The tag then came back stolen out of Saline County and KHP and deputies from the Kingman County Seriff's Office attempted to locate the vehicle.
They found the vehicle stoppped along the highway and surrounded it. The female driver then rammed a Kingman County Patrol car and fled the scene. A chase ensued and entered Pratt County, at which time the Pratt County Sheriff's Office joined in. during the pursuit, the male and female occupants of the fleeing car switched places.
Officers deployed stop sticks several times, finally bringing the vehicle to a stop in the parking lot of a convenience store in Pratt. The female passenger, later identified as Abyana Parker, 22, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, exited the vehicle and ran. A deputy with the Kingman County Sheriff’s Office deployed a taser during her arrest. Parker was arrested for aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer, flee and elude, operating a stolen vehicle, interference with law enforcement, and criminal damage to property.
Meanwhile, the male subject, later identified as 29-year-old Ulysses M. Parker II, of Colorado Springs, fled in the opposite direction. He forced the occupant of a white F-350 pickup that was pulling a trailer and water tank out of the vehicle and stole it. Parker fled west on US-54, crossing the center line multiple times, endangering motorists and forcing at least one driver off the road. Parker then made a loop in a field and began heading back east, toward Pratt. Stop sticks were deployed and the vehicle eventually came to a stop. During the incident a deputy from the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office fired multiple times into the truck, and Parker was struck in the arm.
He was transported to a Wichita hospital where he was treated for his injuries. Parker was later released and was arrested for aggravated assault. Additional charges are expected. Both subjects were booked into the Kingman County Jail.
The KBI asks anyone who was driving in this area Monday around 10:45 a.m., and impacted or endangered by this incident, to call 1-800-KS-CRIME to provide a statement.
This investigation is ongoing.
