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Kansas City, Kan., police captain shot and killed
Police have blocked off 18th Street north of Parallel until 24th Street in their search for suspects. One person was in custody
An officer has been shot at 22nd and Haskell in Kansas City, Kan. and by 2:45 p.m. one person was in custody and police had detained another person. Kansas City, Kan., Police Chief Terry Zeigler tweeted at 2:02 p.m., “We have an officer shot at 22nd & Haskell. Start prayers, unknown condition.” The officer was in critical condition. Multiple suspects ran from the scene, according to police radio traffic.
A Kansas City, Kan., police captain who was shot Tuesday afternoon has died, authorities announced at a press conference.
Capt. Robert Melton was shot at 22nd and Haskell in Kansas City, Kan. and by 2:45 p.m. one person was in custody and police had detained another person.
When Melton arrived at the University of Kansas Hospital, CPR was started. “Despite our best efforts, the officer was pronounced at 2:55 p.m.,” said trauma surgeon James Howard.
This is the second police officer shot and killed in KCK in the past two months. The detective, Brad Lancaster, 39, was a nine-year veteran of the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department was shot and killed May 9.
“We need to be in prayer for our community,” KCK Mayor Mark Holland at the press conference.
Holland cautioned the community, “Don’t jump to conclusions about this.”
“We have an officer shot at 22nd & Haskell. Start prayers, unknown condition.”
The incident began about 1:33 p.m. when police received a call about an armed disturbance at Second Street and Edgerton Drive. The caller told police that several people in a car were firing shots at them, according to a statement from KCK police.
Officers arrived within minutes. At that time, three or four people bailed from the car.
An officer took one person into custody near there.
Shortly before 2 p.m., an officer attempted to stop another person. Multiple shots were fired and an officer was hit. Police were advised that an officer was down at 1:58 p.m.
The officer was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Police are searching the area for others who were involved. One person is in custody.
Friends of a KCK police officer began changing their Facebook profile photos to a police badge with a black stripe over it.
Police have blocked off 18th Street north of Parallel until 24th Street in their search for suspects.
Police swarmed the area with dozens of officers, some with rifles. Several police were taking cover behind cars at 16th and Quindaro by 2:30 p.m. A woman at a house there came out of a home with her hands up. Several officers were kneeling down in the street with their guns drawn toward the home. It was unknown what connection the house has to the shooting.
The woman who came out walked up to an officer who was holding a ballistic shield. She stood and talked with the officers. Then she walked away from the officers about 10 feet away toward the home and appeared to be yelling to someone in the house. She told police an 8-year-old and 3-year-old in the home.
About 45 minutes later, two small children came out of the house and went to the woman. Police moved them out of the way.
Next door to the house, just to the south side of Quindaro just east of 16th Street, is a vacant lot. A dozen officers were clustered at the first house next to the lot. Officers were still crouched behind car in front of the and there were officers stationed at building to the west of the house.
About 3:08, a SWAT team approached the house behind ballistic shields. They entered the house. About 3:34 p.m. the officers left the house without anyone.
Police were beginning to gather at the hospital where the officer was taken. One officer walked out to her car in tears.
This is a developing story. We are updating as we get information.
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