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KBI overseeing shooting, wreck in LV Co

(KAIR)--The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is overseeing the probe into an exchange of gunfire during a pursuit that left a Leavenworth County Deputy hospitalized Friday night.

According to a release from the KBI, it happened around 8:45 Friday night, in the City of Basehor, after a resident reported being threatened.

The Sheriff's Office arrived, following the victim's description of a suspect SUV that was located, but failed to stop, with the release saying gunshots were fired toward a deputy's patrol vehicle several times, eventually causing the pursuing deputy to crash.

The pursuit continued until the SUV hit a car, leaving one occupant of the SUV, 33-year-old Leavenworth resident Andrew Amundsen, fleeing the wreck on foot, allegedly firing several rounds after exiting the passenger side. That's when the deputy returned fire, with Amundsen escaping, first allegedly breaking into a home before leaving to hide in the bed of a pickup truck, where he was located, uninjured, and arrested, booked into the Leavenworth County Jail on an outstanding arrest warrant.

A woman inside the SUV, 29-year-old Kansas City, Kansas resident Mariah Huggins, was taken into custody immediately after the SUV crashed, examined medically as a precaution, then booked into the jail on a pre-existing warrant.

According to the KBI's release, additional, related charges are expected for the pair.

The deputy who wrecked, the KBI says, was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and then released.

The investigation is continuing.

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