WICHITA — Authorities say an off-duty Wichita officer and a suspected home intruder have been wounded in an exchange of gunfire.
KWCH-TV reports that Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says a 24-year-old man shot the officer in the leg after breaking into his home. The officer then returned fire, hitting the suspect several times.
The intruder is hospitalized in critical condition. Ramsay say the officer also was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK. The officer’s wife and children were home at the time of the shooting and are shaken up but uninjured.
Ramsay says some cars had been broken into near where the shooting happened. Ramsay says there is no connection between the suspect and officer.
