EDITOR'S NOTE: The KBI originally reported the suspect wounded was Shannon Wren of Leoti, Kansas. The suspect is 41-year-old Shanon Wren of Topeka.
JACKSON COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) continues their investigation of an officer involved shooting that occurred Wednesday night in Jackson County.
A deputy from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office observed a vehicle with a stolen tag, occupied by a male driver and female passenger, in the Prairie Band Casino and Resort parking lot. The male driver, later identified as 41-year-old Shanon Wren, of Topeka, Kan., fled when the deputy attempted to make contact, prompting a vehicle pursuit. The pursuit ended when Wren crashed the car near 158th St. and T Rd, southeast of Mayetta, Kansas.
Preliminary information indicates that KHP was asked to assist when Wren and his female passenger fled on foot into a wooded area. Deputies, troopers and a K-9 searched for them, and later located the subjects approximately .5 mile south of the vehicle they abandoned. Shortly after 5 p.m., troopers and deputies approached Wren and the female. Wren was armed with a knife, and during the confrontation, a trooper shot Wren.
EMS responded to the scene and Wren was flown to Stormont Vail hospital in critical condition. He was later flown to the University of Kansas Medical Center where he remains in critical condition.
The female subject was taken to a Topeka hospital, treated for a condition unrelated to the incident, and was then released.
The KBI will conduct a thorough and independent investigation into this shooting. Once completed the findings will be turned over to the Jackson County Attorney for review.
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JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating an officer involved shooting.
Just before 4p.m. Wednesday, a sheriff’s deputy discovered a Nissan Altima passenger car in the Prairie Band Potawatomi Casino and Resort parking lot that had been reported stolen, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.
The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle that was occupied by a male driver and female passenger.
The vehicle stopped and then quickly fled from the deputy. A pursuit ensued in southern Jackson County.
The driver of the stolen vehicle crashed through a gate to a pasture located west of T. Road on 158th Road. The pursuit continued across the pasture and into a wooded area where the vehicle lodged in a creek.
The two occupants of the vehicle fled into a wooded area with a rugged terrain. Jackson County Deputies and Kansas State Troopers pursued the pair on foot.
The male suspect conversed with law enforcement and allegedly had a weapon and appeared to make the female a hostage, according to Morse.
A Kansas State Trooper shot the suspect. Life Star Air Ambulance transported to suspect to an area hospital. The female suspect was being detained by authorities, according to Morse. The KBI has been requested to investigate the incident. No law enforcement officers were injured, according to Morse.