Augusta police and Butler County sheriff’s deputies were on the scene of an officer-involved shooting incident that happened Friday evening at a Presto gas station.
The shooting was reported around 8:30 p.m. at the station in the 600 block of West 7th Avenue. Augusta officials said 911 had received a call but no report was made. The caller did not hang up the phone, and the call was tracked to the gas station on West 7th. An officer encountered a 49 year old Augusta man and discovered that he was wanted for a felony probation violation.
The man brought out a knife and that led the officer to shoot the suspect. According to a press release from the Augusta Department of Public Safety, the man also suffered an intentional, self-inflicted knife wound and was transported to an area hospital where he was in serious but stable condition.
The 49-year-old has since been released from a hospital and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail for aggravated domestic battery and multiple probation violations.
The officer is currently on administrative leave while Kansas Bureau of Investigation investigates the shooting. The findings will be turned over to the Butler County Attorney’s Office.
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