Wichita Man Charged With Aggravated Kidnapping After Domestic Violence Call

WICHITA, Kan. – Detectives with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office are investigating an aggravated kidnapping that followed a domestic violence call early Friday, June 20, 2025, in southwest Wichita.

The incident began at 4:21 a.m., when Sedgwick County Emergency Communications received a 911 call with a woman screaming in the background. The open-line call was traced to a moving location, and Wichita police officers were dispatched to what sounded like an active disturbance without a specific location. By 4:30 a.m., the phone’s signal stopped in the 4600 block of West 37th Street South, where officers responded.

Officers found a vehicle stopped along the side of the street and saw a man assaulting a woman in the front seat. During the encounter, an officer fired two rounds, striking the man in the upper arm. The man then drove off with the woman still inside the vehicle.

He later crashed in a construction area near K-42 highway and West Street. Officers responded, provided medical aid, and Sedgwick County EMS transported the man to a Wichita hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Officers also assisted the woman, who sustained minor injuries but declined transport to a medical facility by EMS.

Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division are actively investigating both the officer-involved shooting and the original disturbance. Investigators are treating the two incidents as separate but related cases.

Detectives confirmed that the man and woman were in a domestic relationship. The man has a 2024 conviction for two counts of domestic battery and one count of criminal restraint through Harvey County District Court.

On Saturday, June 21, following his release from the hospital, detectives booked the suspect—identified as 31-year-old Daniel James Gabor of Wichita—into the Sedgwick County Jail.

On Tuesday, June 24, the Sedgwick County District Attorney filed charges against Gabor under court case 2025-CR-001171. The charges include one count of aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated domestic battery, one count of domestic battery, one count of interference with law enforcement, and one count of violating a protection order.

The Sheriff’s Office will present the findings of the officer-involved shooting to the District Attorney. Additional information will be released following that review.

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