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The Overland Park (KS) Police Department has reportedly arrested a person believed to be a suspect in a double shooting outside Sunrise Point Elementary School.
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Theresa King, 44, died shortly after midnight on Saturday from injuries sustained in the shooting, which authorities believe started with a gun grab by a robbery and murder suspect.
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Two Wyandotte County Sheriff’s deputies were shot at about 11:30 a.m. in downtown Kansas City, KS, not far from the courthouse and sheriff’s office. This happened in a transport bay; sources say the inmate got a hold of a deputy’s firearm.
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Prosecutors announced Friday they will not pursue the death penalty for the man charged with capital murder in the death of 46-year-old Kansas City, KS, Captain Robert David Melton.
Read More →Intrigued by the department's human factors problem, Suss asked White if they could repeat the experiments, keep a bit more data and expand the scope of the experiment -- the police department had limited the scope of their initial tests and hadn’t kept the records after they finished.
Read More →"The officer believed Mr. Finch was the suspect who had shot his own father and had been holding his younger brother and mother hostage," Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Thursday.
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Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says the officer suffered broken ribs, an injured leg, and a dislocated shoulder, but she has kept her sense of humor.
Read More →In December, a Wichita police officer fatally shot Andy Finch after a fake emergency call directed law enforcement to the 28-year-old victim’s home. A man in California has since been charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the family of the man who was killed and community activists have repeatedly called for the officer who killed Finch to come under greater scrutiny.
Read More →The man who allegedly placed the call, Tyler Barris, 25, is not named in the lawsuit. He is facing criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter, giving a false alarm and interference with a law enforcement officer.
Read More →Hamilton was one of three Baxter Springs officers injured while responding to a disturbance call on Sept. 30. The police said they found Harvey Raymond Ortberg, 49, of Baxter Springs, at the scene after he allegedly entered the home of Sharon Horn, assaulted her, doused her with gasoline and lit a fire.
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