GARDEN CITY — Authorities say an off-duty western Kansas deputy has shot and wounded a 23-year-old man.
Sheriff Kevin Bascue said in a news release that the shooting happened Sunday night when deputies were sent to assist a suicidal man in northeast Finney County. The Hutchinson News reports that the deputies were told that an off-duty deputy who lives in the area would be responding because neighbors had contacted him.
The off-duty deputy arrived in his personal vehicle and was approached on foot by the man, who was carrying a gun.
The release says the deputy fired two shots from his handgun, striking the man once in the leg. The man was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating.
The deputy is on paid administrative leave.
