ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on multiple charges after a shooting incident and standoff.
Just before 6p.m. Wednesday officers responded to Amberwell Hospital after a 47-year-old male with a non-life threatening gunshot wound had been taken there by private vehicle, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.
It was determined that a dispute between the victim and 57-year-old Porter Webb had occurred outside a residence in the 1100 block South 7th Street in Atchison.
During the dispute Webb produced a handgun and fired one shot into a vehicle occupied by the victim, according to Wilson.
The victim was able to drive away from the scene and sought help from a family member at a residence just blocks away and the family member took the victim to the hospital.
Police officers subsequently focused attention on Porter Webb’s residence at 1122 South 7th Street and obtained a search warrant for the residence.
Officers determined that Webb was inside the home. After receiving no response from Webb, officers maintained a secure perimeter around the residence as repeated attempts were made to get Webb to come out.
Communication by loud speakers, chemical agents deployed into the residence, and the use of a KHP robot were all utilized in the effort to take Porter into custody with no injuries to him or the officers.
The KHP robot entered the residence and it was determined that Webb was not in the main area of the residence. Officers with the Atchison Police Department’s Special Response Team entered the residence and located Webb hiding in a crawl space below the residence and he was taken into custody without injury to him or any officers.
Webb was transported to the Amberwell Hospital by EMS for examination and subsequently taken to the County Jail. Investigation reports will be submitted to the County Attorney’s Office on Thursday for prosecution.