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Officer-involved shooting reported on Kansas Turnpike in Chase County

Officer-involved shooting reported on Kansas Turnpike in Chase County

Officer-involved shooting reported on Kansas Turnpike in Chase County

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has reported an officer-involved shooting on the Kansas Turnpike in Chase County.   The shooting involved a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said troopers were involved in a chase on the turnpike around 1:25 p.m.  Troopers used tire deflation devices to stop the vehicle near mile marker 107, and then troopers got into a confrontation with an armed suspect.   The man was shot and he was taken to a Wichita hospital.  No law enforcement officers were injured.  This happened about nine miles north of the Matfield Green service area.

No other details have been released.

( Photo: KWCH )

 

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