An officer with the Salina Police Department who was shot in the foot during a pursuit Sunday has been released from the hospital.
According to a post on the Salina Police Department Facebook page, Officer Cody Way was released from Salina Regional Health Center this morning.
"His surgery went well and we are anticipaing (praying for) a full recovery!" the SPD Facebook post noted.
Way was shot while pursuing a 2006 Lincoln Town Car that failed to stop at multiple stop signs and ignored Way's attempt to stop the vehicle. An occupant of the Town Car fired multiple shots at Way's vehicle and one struck him in the foot.
Despite being shot, he continued to pursue the vehicle on North Ninth Street as other law enforcement personnel began joining in the attempt to stop the car. The pursuit went north out of the city limits, turned west, and then back south.
The driver lost control of the Town Car near the intersection of West Crawford Street and South Halstead Road and the vehicle crashed into a ditch, at which point the subjects fled on foot. One of the subjects, a 37-year-old male from Wichita, was located in a nearby field and taken into custody, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). The other suspect, a 36-year-old male, was apprehended later in the day on the Kansas Turnpike near the Interstate 70 East Topeka Turnpike Interchange, the KBI reported.
The names of the suspects will not be released until they are charged in the case, the KBI told Salina Post earlier today.