Fireworks and suspicious person reported at South Brookhaven, Wichita KS

Weapons

Reported: 10/31/2025 07:28 PM

Near S Brookhaven St, Wichita, KS 67216

Reports of fireworks or explosions near South Brookhaven. Individuals seen throwing mortars from windows and a suspicious armed person nearby. Police are responding. One person fled on foot and another left in a vehicle.

Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1

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Transcript:

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And start for a possible explosion, possibly might be fireworks, but also standoff, near South Brookhaven Station 36.

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Engine 36, 1036 for a possible explosion or fireworks going off in the area.

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Near South Brookhaven, that's near South Brookhaven for a check-in explosion or possibly fireworks.

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Engine 36, tender 36, your map code 5741. Go ahead and stain off on this. Staying off there is also a suspicious character with a weapon in the area,

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possibly connected to this.

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Throwing mortars out of windows on their properties and causing the explosions, we do have PD en route as well.

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Engine 36 Squad 36, they're advising that one of the individuals, unknown age, unknown race, unknown height, and unbuilt,

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don't know anything about the individual, ran off on foot going south on Elmhurst.

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And a second individual left in a vehicle going east on Oquan.

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We do have PD in the area.

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Looks like it was going to be an older brown car, unknown tag number, newer blue Mustang with an unknown tag number.

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Drive around doing burnouts and then throwing mortars out of the window.

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About 36 is 10-4. Is there any reason that we need to respond?

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Go ahead and stand by for now. PD just checked on scene. I can ask if you guys are needed for any possible hazards.

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That's 104. If anybody's injured or there's a fire or anything like that, just let us know.

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Near S Brookhaven St, Wichita, KS 67216

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