WYANDOTTE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a officer-shooting that took place at Prairie View at Village West apartments near the Legends Outlet and Kansas Speedway after an unknown suspect shot an off duty Wyandotte County Sheriff Deputy.
Just before 5:30 a.m. Friday, police were dispatched to the Prairie View apartments, 11200 Delaware Parkway, after an off duty deputy called 911 and stated they were shot, according to a media release from police.
The deputy witnessed a burglary to a vehicle that was in progress. When the deputy confronted the suspect, the suspect fired a weapon towards the deputy striking them.
EMS transported the deputy to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police have not reported an arrest.