UPDATE: A 33-year-old man is in custody following multiple, random shootings in north Wichita Friday night.
It began just before 9 p.m., near 13th and Broadway when the suspect attacked a man and stole his bicycle. He then walked up to a nearby home and fired nearly two dozen shots into it, wounding a dog inside.
The suspect then walked down Broadway and shot at a vehicle, which hit the driver's headrest but missed the driver. He later fired multiple shots at a bicyclist and a woman in a parking lot.
Near 12th and Broadway, Police say the man pointed a weapon at two officers, who then shot him, critically wounding him.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is handling the officer-involved shooting investigation and is expected to release more information on Monday.
Meanwhile, Police are also investigating after a man was found dead late Friday night in Prospect Park near the downtown area. Police are not sure if the man’s death was connected to the armed suspect.
ORIGINAL STORY: Wichita Police are investigating after a man was found dead late Friday night in Prospect Park near the downtown area.
Police are not sure if the man’s death was connected with an armed suspect injured by officers earlier in the evening.
That incident began just before 9 p.m., near 13th and Broadway. A man battered another person at a home in the area then began shooting at several people, wounding at least one and also a dog.
Near 12th and Broadway, Police say the man pointed a weapon at two officers, who then shot him, critically wounding him.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is handling the officer-involved shooting investigation.