COWLEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a woman on multiple allegations after a standoff at a Kansas home.
Just before 1a.m. Sunday, police were dispatched to the 700 Block of East 13th Avenue in Winfield after a report of a gunshot, according to Winfield Police.
While in route to the above location officers were notified that an individual had fired one round and possibly shot a dog in the residence.
During the initial investigation officers were told by witnesses that a woman had threatened to shoot them if they didn’t leave her residence.
Three individuals left the residence and reported hearing what they described as a gunshot from inside the residence. Officers attempted to make contact with the woman by phone but were unable to get her to comply and exit the residence.
The Southern Kansas Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) responded to assist in this incident. Officers from the Winfield Police Department obtained a search warrant for the residence, and members of the SWAT team tried for several hours to get the woman to surrender peacefully.
Just before 7:30a.m. members of the SWAT team made entry into the residence and took the woman identified as 45-year-old Jessee S. Simmons into custody unharmed.
She was evaluated at the scene by Winfield Fire/EMS and transported to the Cowley County Jail. She is being held in the Cowley County Jail on the requested charges of Criminal Threat, Criminal Discharge of a Firearm, and Interference with a Law Enforcement Officer.
At the conclusion of the initial report it was determined that no animals had been harmed.
The Winfield Police Department was assisted by the Cowley County Sheriff's Office, Winfield Fire/EMS and the Southern Kansas Special Weapons and Tactics Team.