A mother who had just dropped her children off at school was shot and injured by her husband during a domestic dispute on Monday morning.
The suspect allegedly shot his wife in the chest shortly after dropping the children off at Cessna Elementary School in Wichita, the New York Post.
Witnesses told police they saw the man point a gun at the victim before shooting him in the chest near their vehicle.
“She then ran toward the school for help. He chased her,” Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter told KAKE News, according to the New York tabloid.
As the man tried to walk away, he was injured by two shots fired by a sheriff’s deputy who arrived on the scene.
The suspect was seriously injured and taken to hospital in critical condition, as was his wife, whose condition was causing concern.
All students at the school had returned to class and there was no threat of an active shooter at the school, which was closed for the rest of the day.
“Unfortunately, these things sometimes happen in neighborhoods where there are schools… I know it can be scary for parents,” the sheriff said.
