WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - One person has died after a shooting involving an WPD officer near 21st and Arkansas.

Wichita Police Department spokesperson Andrew Ford said that at 7:43 p.m. Wednesday officers were called to the scene of a man pointing a gun at another person inside a home in the 2300 block of Fairview. When officers arrived, the suspect had left the residence and was found walking with a gun and a dog.

Officers tried to deescalate the situation and shouted commands to the suspect who they said charged at officers multiple times. They tried multiple times to get the suspect to drop this weapon but he refused.

Officer Ford said after officers deployed less than lethal weapons in an attempt to get the man to drop the gun, the suspect turned and fired multiple times at the officers. That's when Ford says officers returned fire hitting and killing the man.