Police shoot armed suspect after standoff in Leavenworth

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after police officers shot and critically wounded a man in Leavenworth. Officers from several departments went to an area near 4th and Miami streets around 5 a.m. Sunday because a man had a gun. Authorities blocked off traffic in the area and began to negotiate with him. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said 31-year-old Donald Barden Jr. ignored officers’ commands, waved his gun around and made suicidal statements during the standoff. Then around 6:20 a.m. he ran toward officers and pointed his gun at them, and two officers shot at him, wounding him. Barden was taken to a hospital in critical condition, and he remained stable Sunday.