(KNZA)--The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who was shot by a trooper near Mayetta Wednesday evening.

The KBI, in a news release Thursday, identified the man as 41-year-old Shanon Wren, of Topeka.

KBI Communications Director Melissa Underwood said Wren was armed with a knife when he was shot.

A Jackson County sheriff’s deputy spotted a car with a stolen tag at the Prairie Band Casino and Resort parking lot Wednesday afternoon. When the deputy tried to contact the driver, he drove off. The deputy chased him to an area southeast of Mayetta, where Wren crashed.

Wren and a female passenger fled on foot into a wooded area.

The Kansas Highway Patrol assisted in locating them about a half mile away. The KBI said Wren was shot during a confrontation.

Wren was initially flown to a Topeka hospital, and then was later taken by air ambulance to University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, where he remained in critical condition Thursday afternoon.

The female passenger was taken to a Topeka hospital, where she was treated for a condition unrelated to the incident and released.

The Highway Patrol requested the KBI investigate the shooting. Once completed, the KBI says their findings will be turned over to the Jackson County Attorney for review.