The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday evening in Ottawa.
Around 5:30 p.m., the Ottawa Police Department Special Tactics and Rescue Team, a combined unit of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Ottawa Police Department, attempted to serve a warrant on a homicide suspect from Kansas City, Missouri. The warrant was being served at a multi-unit residence in the northern part of the city.
As officers approached, the suspect fired from within the residence, striking an Ottawa police officer. He sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to a Kansas City area hospital. The officer was treated, released and is now recovering at home.
Officers did not return fire but established containment and transitioned the incident into a barricaded subject operation. Ottawa officers were later relieved by tactical teams from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI.
Around 9:40 p.m., those teams entered the apartment and found the suspect dead from an apparent gunshot wound. The suspect's name has not been released.
