Three Haysville police officers responding to the report of an active domestic violence incident in a ground-floor apartment at Village Green Apartments on Tuesday came upon a suspect barricaded in a bedroom, holding a woman at knife point, Haysville police said Wednesday. When the armed man – identified by police as 40-year-old Chad A. Leichhardt – refused numerous commands to drop the knife and continued to threaten the woman, one of the officers fired a single shot, killing him.
Victim's Name: Chad A. Leichhardt
Agency Responsible: Haysville Police Deartmentt
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Race: White
Date of Death: August 19, 2014
County: Sedgwick
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Unknown
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: Unknown
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Geography: Suburban