Dad used a knife and gun to take 5-year-old child from mom in Wichita, officials say
30-year-old Wichita man remained jailed Thursday morning on a slew of charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly used a knife and gun to take his 5-year-old son from the boy’s mother, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The mom had minor injuries, according to Sedgwick County EmerA gency Communications.
The incident happened at their south Wichita home just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, the KBI said. The boy was allegedly “forcibly taken from his mother .... (by the suspect) utilizing a knife and firearm during a domestic violence incident.”
AMBER ALERT ISSUED
The incident led to an AMBER alert around 7:50 p.m. but ended before 8:50 p.m. after the suspect and child were found. An
AMBER alert is an emergency broadcast that goes out of cell phones and alerts people to be on the look out for an abducted child.
Arrest records show the suspect was arrested in the 6400 block of East Farmview, near 17th and Woodlawn. The suspect’s vehicle was found in the 1900 block of Woodlawn, which is about a quarter-mile from where he was found.
AN ARREST IS MADE
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of aggravated endangering of a child, aggravated battery, abuse of a child, criminal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon, criminal threat and domestic battery.
Police were first called to the mother and father’s home in the 2000 block of South Grove, the KBI said.
The man was convicted in a 2018 drug case in Sedgwick County, according to Kansas Department of Corrections records. He was released from parole in July 2022, records show.