The Wichita Police Department said two people are dead following a standoff at a home in the 900 block of North Faulkner.
It happened just after 7 a.m. Several homes were evacuated by the Wichita Police Department. The SWAT team was called in.
Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said they received a call of shots being fired at the home. They arrived and found a man jumping out of a window.
Police said the suspect, who was served a protection from abuse order, shot and killed his mother-in-law, shot his wife in the shoulder, and threatened his brother-in-law, who escaped out the window.
Negotiators with the police department were able to get in contact with the suspect. He let two children, ages 5 and 7, go.
Police said after he let the children go, the wife and armed suspect were having a fight outside the back door.
The suspect was pronounced dead.