Oct 09, 2022

Kan. woman allegedly fired gun in a home during disturbance

Posted Oct 09, 2022 12:00 AM
Vanwilpe-photo Sedgwick County
Vanwilpe-photo Sedgwick County

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman for her role in an alleged domestic disturbance.

Just after 6:30 a.m. Oct. 5, police responded to a home in the 300 block of German Avenue in Haysville, according to a media release.

Officers learned there had been a disturbance between household members, resulting in a resident using a firearm inside the home. 

Police arrested the suspect identified as 23-year-old Elizabeth Vanwilpe, according to the Sedgwick County booking report.

 Vanwilpe remains in custody on requested charges of attempted second-degree murder, an aggravated weapons violation, domestic violence, criminal damage to property and failure to appear, according to online jail records.