NEOSHO COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Saturday afternoon in Neosho County.
Just after 1:20 p.m. Saturday, officers from the Chanute Police Department responded to the report of a disturbance in the Walmart parking lot at 2700 S. Santa Fe Avenue in Chanute, according to a KBI media release.
They encountered a male subject behaving erratically, and requested EMS respond to evaluate him. At approximately, 2 p.m. EMS was communicating with the man when he jumped inside the ambulance, locked the doors, and stole it.
At that time, one officer fired several times toward the subject in the departing ambulance.
Then, officers proceeded to chase the ambulance for approximately 15 minutes until they were able to stop it in the area of 7th St. and S. Allen Avenue.
Officers detained the subject. EMS treated him for injuries which included a non-life threatening gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, and then to a Wichita hospital for further treatment. No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident.
The man was later identified as 38-year-old Trevor L. Jones of the Chanute area.
The Chanute Police Department requested KBI assistance to investigate the shooting. The KBI will complete a thorough and independent investigation into this incident. Once completed, the findings will be turned over to the Neosho County Attorney for review.