Deputy Robert Kunze III, a 41-year-old White man and 12-year veteran of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, was shot and killed while on duty on September 16, 2018. He had responded to a call about a suspicious person near Garden Plain; the caller reported a man with a black pickup truck and two ATVs. Kunze located the man, later identified as 29-year-old Robert Greeson, at 295th Street West and West 21st Street and discovered a .40-caliber handgun on him. After taking the weapon and attempting to handcuff Greeson, a struggle ensued and Greeson retrieved the gun and shot Kunze in the upper torso in an area not covered by the deputy’s ballistic vest.

Kunze activated his emergency radio at 1:48 p.m., about six minutes after arriving. Mortally wounded, he drew his service weapon and fired, fatally wounding Greeson, who was later described as a convicted felon and had been linked to a carjacking the previous night. A second deputy arriving shortly afterward found both men on the ground; Greeson was pronounced dead at the scene and Kunze was taken to a Wichita hospital, where he died. Authorities said Kunze’s actions likely saved two witnesses who had been following Greeson.

Did anyone in the area see the pickup truck or the two ATVs earlier that day who hasn’t been contacted?