A Tuesday afternoon incident involving a man stopping in the middle of K-15 resulted in several citizens stepping in to help law enforcement detain him.
According to the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, the 32-year old man stopped around 12:15 p.m. on K-15 near 55th Street South.
Responding deputies found the man outside of his vehicle, which was parked in the southbound lanes of traffic. Officials later said that it appeared the man was suffering either a mental health crisis or drug-related episode.
The man started to fight deputies after they attempted to move him off the roadway, which was when four individuals stepped in to help deputies take control of the situation and detain him.
The deputies sustained only minor injuries while the man was treated at a nearby hospital for a laceration received during the scuffle. It is not believed any of the residents who assisted were injured.
