SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on assault charges after a standoff.
Just before noon Thursday, police were dispatched to 1001 E MacArthur for a call of a disturbance with a weapon, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
Victims had called 911 to report that their neighbor, identified as 50-year-old Kerry Ordway, pointed a gun at them and fired a shot during a disturbance. When officers arrived, they attempted to contact the Ordway but met him armed with a firearm and refusing to drop the gun or cooperate.
The suspect went back into his home and refused to come out.
Negotiators were called to the scene and the WPD Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) for safety. Negotiators spent hours trying to communicate with Ordway and get him to leave the home.
Eventually, the suspect came to the door, and police used less lethal weapons, as well as a K9, to take him into custody.
EMS transported Ordway to an area hospital to treat minor injuries caused by less lethal weapons and the K9. After being released from the hospital, he was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail for one count of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, according to Macy.