One man dead after an officer-involved shooting in Northeast Wichita

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A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting early Tuesday in the northeast part of Wichita.

It happened around 1:00 a.m. in the 2300 block of N. Woodlawn.

A caller to 911 dispatchers reported a disturbance in an apartment unit. Police officers knocked on the door of the apartment, identifying themselves; according to police, a man inside responded by threatening to retrieve a gun.

Officers retreated from the doorway; police say the man exited the apartment with a gun pointed at an officer. Officers then discharged their firearms, shooting the man, who later was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Another man who was in the apartment at the time of the shooting was taken into custody. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting the investigation into the officer-involved fatal shooting.

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