KANSAS CITY (AP) — An officer from a Kansas City suburb shot and killed a burglary suspect he chased into Kansas City, police there said.
Kansas City police said in a news release that the shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, when an Independence police officer chased a suspect’s car into eastern Kansas City. The suspect stopped his car near the Central High School campus and got out, police said, and a short foot chase ensued before the Independence officer fired his gun, hitting the suspect.
The man died at the scene. Police have not released his man or identified the officer. A gun was found at the scene of the shooting, police said, but investigators have not said whether it had been in the suspect’s possession before he was shot.
Kansas City police are investigating the shooting.