While in the hospital after being shot three times by a Wichita police officer, a Wichita man told a sheriff’s detective he intended to die when he pointed a gun at officers responding to a domestic violence report, according to a newly released court document.
Jonathan Wesley Belt, 43, was shot in the abdomen, arm and groin, the arrest affidavit said.
He has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault on an officer with a deadly weapon and destruction of property in connection with the incident in the 1600 block of North Wood, northwest of 13th and Tyler.
The arrest affidavit, written by a detective with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated the Wichita police shooting, provides new details about the shooting.
This is what it says:
At 10:03 p.m., a son called 911 after his mother got into an argument with his stepfather after she caught him texting women on a dating app. He began “yelling and screaming after being confronted and then banged” on a bedroom door.
He left the house, but before he did, several children heard him say that he was going to set the house on fire.
The son called 911 again when Belt came home at 11:05 p.m.
Arriving officers were told that Belt had made comments about suicide by officer in the past. Belt was also carrying a weapon and had been involved in a “physical confrontation with police” a few months ago, the affidavit said.
Belt came to the front door.
“What’s going on, officers?” he asked after stepping onto the porch and holding the door open.
Officers planned to arrest him for “a misdemeanor, domestic violence and criminal damage to property.”
As an officer approached, Belt said, “You’re not going any further.”
At least five Wichita officers were present at the home.
As an officer tried to grab him, Belt turned his body to the right and grabbed his waistband behind his back.
Another officer shouted, “gun.”
One officer positioned himself between Belt and the other officers and attempted to “push (Belt) back against a wall in the home in an attempt to prevent a weapon from being drawn.”
The officer fell to the ground and heard two loud bangs.
The officer had “blood on his hands and clothing” and believed he had been shot by Belt. The officer believed he was “going to be shot in the back of the head by (Belt) while he was standing over him.”
But the officer had not been shot.
Belt was shot by an officer who had fired three times.
Officers began rendering aid to Belt, who was then taken to Wesley Medical Center.
Belt told the detective he had used marijuana and methamphetamine, the affidavit said, and that he couldn’t remember everything about the night, “but he did remember reaching for his gun and pulling it out.”
