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Police: South Wichita standoff ends, suspect in custody

Standoff ends

A police standoff with a suspected gunman at a south Wichita trailer park has ended with a man, 51, in custody.

A police spokesman said negotiators were able to talk the man into coming out of his home, and he was taken into custody.


It began around 11:45 a.m. Thursday when someone reported that a man threatening his neighbors with a gun in the 1000 block of E. MacArthur, near I-135.

Officers arrived and reported hearing a gunshot. They took cover and called for additional help at the scene.  S.W.A.T.
was also called in to assist.  Several homes in the area were also evacuated as a precaution.

The man was taken to an area hospital for the treatment of minor injuries.  He was booked in the Sedgwick County Jail after he was released from the hospital.