SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting that injured a suspect in Wichita.
Just after 8p.m., police responded to report of a suspicious person with a gun in the parking lot of the Whole Foods store, 1423 North Webb Road, in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
Multiple 911 callers reported a woman at Whole Foods acting strangely, drinking, and brandishing a firearm. Witnesses reported the woman pointing a gun at windows of the store, and toward the parking lot.
At the scene, officers encountered the woman who pointed a gun in their direction. They gave verbal commands to the suspect to drop the gun but she did not comply and retreated into the store. There was an exchange of gunfire. The suspect fired one shot at officers that shattered a store window. Both officers returned fire, each firing six shots at the suspect.
After shots were fired, the officers rendered aid and placed the female in custody. EMS transported her to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. She has been identified as 31-year-old Danielle Robinson.
Police said there were more than a dozen shoppers and staff inside of the store when the shooting happened, but none were harmed.
Interviews with various witnesses on scene revealed that Robinson had been at the store consuming alcohol and attempted to rob a customer of their personal belongings.
Upon release from the hospital, she will be booked into jail on various charges including aggravated assault, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and aggravated robbery. Both officers have been placed on administrative leave. They have worked for the Wichita Police Department for 8 and 19-years, according to Macy.
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