UPDATE, 7:30 p.m. May 2 | A spokesperson with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the Ottawa Police Department officer who was shot Friday night was released from the hospital.
The officer, who has served with the department for two and a half years, is at home resting and is expected to make a full recovery, per the KBI.
UPDATE, 1:20 p.m. May 2 | The Kansas Bureau of Investigation released information regarding the suspect from Friday evening's shooting in Ottawa, Kansas.
The suspect has been identified as 33-year-old Zachary Pule, of Coffeyville, Kansas.
The KBI said no additional details will be released at this time and the investigation is ongoing.
ORIGINAL REPORT | An Ottawa, Kansas, police officer was shot Friday night while assisting the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department with the arrest of a homicide suspect. The alleged suspect was later found dead.
A news release from Ottawa Police Chief Adam Weingartner states the officer is in stable condition.
Around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, officers with the Ottawa Police Department Special Tactics and Rescue Team, a unit with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the Ottawa Police Department were at a multi-unit residential house in the 500 block of South Locust Street to serve a warrant on a homicide suspect.
KSHB 41 News spoke exclusively with a neighbor who was in the neighborhood when the incident happened.
"We started seeing all the swat teams and detectives and everyone else coming from the surrounding areas," neighbor Jessica Renfro said.
According to KBI, the suspect shot from within the house and hit an Ottawa police officer. He sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a Kansas City area hospital. He is reported to be in stable condition and expected to recover.
KBI stated officers on scene did not shoot back during the interaction with the suspect. Officers transitioned the situation into a barricaded subject operation.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office and the FBI later relieved the Ottawa Police Department.
"As soon as the tear gas shot we heard several windows break," Renfro said. "We kept hearing, 'We don't want to hurt you, we don't want to hurt you, just come on out, we can put that aside and go from there.'"
Tactical teams went into the residence around 9:40 p.m. on Friday. They found the suspect dead from a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson said the suspect killed himself.
"I heard the shot, the second shot happen," Renfro said. "It was scary at first because I was like, 'Oh my gosh where is this coming from?'"
No shots were fired by law enforcement during the incident. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting.
"It's very devastating, mental health is a big thing," Renfro said. "The police are here to serve us and if you have any type of mental issue or anything, the police are always here to help."
Other area police departments are in Ottawa and helping with the investigation, according to Chief Weingartner.
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