One officer was released from the hospital while two others remained.
Three police officers were injured in a possible explosion after being sent to an empty house.
The incident occurred on Saturday, February 27, just after 4 p.m., when Patrol South officers from the Wichita Police Department in Kansas received a call and were then sent to investigate a vacant home in the McAdams area of the city. , the Wichita Police Department (WPD).
Authorities have not yet issued a formal statement as to why they were called to the home, who may have made the call or been reported to police, but according to the Wichita Eagle, Gordon Ramsay, Wichita police chief, told local media said the homeowners asked authorities to check the vacant house after seeing that the various windows were open, which made them think that someone might be inside and that officers were getting a key to the house so they could gain access.
“After the officer entered the residence, three officers sustained injuries due to an explosion from an unknown device,” authorities said in a statement on social media.
The Wichita police station said the three officers were immediately transported to a local hospital for treatment while the WPD SWAT team and the bomb squad investigated.
A tweet from the Wichita Police Department said “negotiators are still at the scene trying to negotiate”, but it is unclear who they negotiated with and why negotiators were needed in the first place.
‘One officer has meanwhile been released, while the other two remain [in hospital] “one with minor injuries and one in serious but stable condition,” the WPD said on social media.
Gordon Ramsay, police chief in Wichita, said he visited the two officers who remained in the hospital and that it was fine with them after the incident.
Authorities concluded by saying the situation was limited and that they would provide more information to the public as it became available.