Updated: SWAT officers join standoff at house near downtown Wichita

Law enforcement officers remain at a standoff near downtown Wichita where a man has barricaded himself in a home.

The man is wanted on a felony warrant for evading and eluding. He was due to appear in court tomorrow for sentencing, Sheriff Jeff Easter said.

The suspect also had convictions for “some violent crime,” Easter added.

“He also has a pickup out for him for an aggravated assault domestic violence on a former girlfriend, plus several evading eludes, resists, and battery LEO’s,” according to Easter.

The incident was reported shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 300 block of N. Walnut where bail bondsmen were looking for the suspect, Easter said.

“Because of that felony warrant his bondsman were looking for him, knew he was inside and attempted to make entry,” Easter said during a media briefing.

One of the bail bondsmen was injured while trying to enter the home. He was taken to the hospital and is being treated, Easter said.

The man threatened to shoot the bondsmen, Easter said. Authorities arrived and began negotiating with the man to come out.

It is unknown if the man is actually armed or not, Easter said.

The SWAT team has been called in to get the man out peacefully, Easter added.