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DA: KCK officer will not face charges for use of force after suspect shot at him multiple times
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Updated: 1:52 PM CST Feb 16, 2021
KMBC 9 News Staff
DA: KCK officer will not face charges for use of force after suspect shot at him multiple times
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Updated: 1:52 PM CST Feb 16, 2021
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THE OFFICER EXCHANGED GUNFIRE. >> I HEARD THREE GUNSHOTS. I WAS SITTING IN MY BEDROOM AND HEARD THREE GUNSHOTS. WHEN I CAME OUT AND SEEN TWO MEN STANDING DOWN THERE. BRIAN: KATHY WHITE LIVES NEAR 3100 SOUTH 39TH STREET. >> AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF POLICE COMING. BRIAN: SHE WAS HOME BEFORE 4:00 PM WHEN THE SUSPECT STOPPED, GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND OPENED FIRE AT THE OFFICER. THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE SCENE OFFICERS SAY THIS ALL BEGAN EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS INVOLVED IN AT LEAST ONE HIT AND RUN IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY. ALL DAY POLICE WERE SEARCHING FOR THE VEHICLE. THAT’S WHEN THIS OFFICER FOUND THE SUSPECT DRIVING NEAR THE BORDER OF JOHNSON COUNTY. >> THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE OFFICER’S VEHICLE. THEY GOT OUT. THEY EXCHANGED GUNFIRE. OUR OFFICER WAS STRUCK AND WE SAID HE’S BEEN TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. BRIAN: POLICE SAY THE WOUNDED OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE ARM. HE’S EXPECTED TO LIVE. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE SUSPECT WAS HIT. BUT THE SUSPECT LEFT THE SCE DRIVING NORTH. THE SUSPECT DITCHED HIS VEHICLE NEAR 42ND AND METROPOLITAN. ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF THE SHOOTING. >> IT’S A VERY DANGEROUS JOB AND WE REALIZE THAT. THIS WAS AN INSTANCE WHERE YES, WE KNEW THIS PERSON WAS INVOLVED IN A COUPLE HIT AND RUNS, BUT I’M SURE WHEN THAT OFFICER STOPPED HIS VEHICLE, HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW SECONDS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OFFICERS LIVE WITH EVERY DAY. BRIAN: TONIGHT NEIGHBORS ARE GLAD THE OFFICER IS GOING TO BE OK. >> HATE TO SEE ANY OFFICER GET HURT. AN