SEDGWICK COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has identified the man shot Tuesday afternoon in an officer-involved shooting as 21-year-old Blake P. Patterson, of Wichita.
Just after 2:30 p.m., deputies from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office initiated a car stop on a suspected stolen pickup truck near Andover. The driver, of the white truck, later identified as Patterson, fled, prompting a vehicle pursuit.
Preliminary information indicates the pursuit ended at 159th Street and Bordeulac Street, near the Butler and Sedgwick county line, when Patterson wrecked the truck.
He exited and fled on foot into a residential neighborhood. Multiple deputies pursued him on foot. Patterson then got into a large, white, unoccupied moving truck and attempted to drive southbound. The deputies approached the truck and a deputy deployed a taser with limited effect.
Patterson continued driving south a short distance in the direction of a deputy who fired one round, striking him. The shot was fired just before 3 p.m.
The truck continued forward crashing into a garage, and coming to rest on the front porch of a house. Deputies began life-saving measures. EMS responded and transported Patterson to a Wichita hospital with critical injuries. Patterson remains hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in critical, but stable condition, according to the KBI.
No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident.