An off-duty Tacoma officer was targeted in a four-round drive-by at a Tacoma Walmart on August 5; the gunman fled to Kent and died by suicide during a SWAT standoff the following day.

Police deployed drone technology into a barricaded residence on South Pattie in south Wichita on Thursday morning as SWAT negotiators worked to secure a peaceful surrender following a pre-dawn shooting that left one person in critical condition.