A Authorities say a deputy has killed a driver in central Kansas after he tried to take another officer’s gun.

The man was killed Monday night near Moundridge after Newton Police attempted to stop a vehicle with suspected ties to car burglary. Police said in a news release that the driver fled on Interstate 135 and became combative after tire-puncturing devices were used to stop the vehicle.

The release said authorities used bean-bag rounds and a stun gun before an officer attempted to physically subdue the driver when he attempted to harm a police dog.

Police say a McPherson County Sheriff’s Deputy “felt compelled to use lethal force” after the driver tried to take the officer’s gun. The driver later died. His name wasn’t immediately released.
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Associated Press information from: The Newton Kansan