KANSAS CITY (AP) — A Kansas City police officer who was shot in the head on July 2 will be transferred to an out-of-state rehabilitation center after being released from the hospital Thursday, police said.
The officer, whose name has not been released, will be treated at a center that focuses on brain injuries and neurological rehabilitation and recovery, said Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a police spokesman.
He had been with the police department about 2.5 years when he was shot while responding to a report of a man waving a gun at a McDonald's in eastern Kansas City. A second officer shot and killed the man, 31-year-old Ky Johnson, whose family said he suffered from a mental illness.
On the same day, a second Kansas City police officer was shot after a suspect in an alleged robbery shot a bus driver. That officer was treated and released from a hospital. The bus driver's injuries were not life-threatening.
Justin Rogers, 25, was shot by another officer. He is charged with felony first-degree assault and other crimes in the shooting.