LATEST: 3 Kansas City Officers Shot - Another Cop Shot During Manhunt
by Christopher BergThree Kansas City police officers have now been shot.
Kansas City, MO - Three Kansas City police officers have now been shot after a third officer was shot during the manhunt for a gunman.
The Kansas City Star reports that the initial shooting happened near U.S. 40 and Manchester Sunday at around 12:15 p.m.
Undercover and tactical officers were conducting an investigation when a suspect with a rifle shot two of the officers. Those officers are now in stable condition.
The suspect fled in a vehicle, which was recovered a short time later near 30th and Topping. A passenger in the vehicle was taken into custody while the gunman fled on foot.
The Kansas City Star reports hearing at least 50 gunshots in the area during the manhunt at around 12:56 p.m., and a third officer was hit in the gunfight.
The condition of the third officer has not been released.
Kansas City PD say that they are now in a standoff with the suspect, who is believed to be barricaded in a home in the 3000 block of Topping Ave.
UPDATE: While surrounded by tactical officers, the suspect exited the residence and opened fire on the police. He was destroyed in the gunfight.
The third officer who was shot is in stable condition.
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29 Responses
LEOWIDOW
Jul 18, 2018 Couldn’t ask for a better ending...... other than not to have this happen at all. But, Officers x 3 stable and the low life scum is dead! Hell is where he deserves to be.
Hawk3699
Jul 18, 2018 Hey Burgess, get your head out of your liberal, drivel ass. That dead suspect made the wrong decision and paid for it. Good riddance to him. Tomorrow a cop or civilian will live because he's not around to kill again. Prayers to those injured by the scumbag. BTW, you going to the "scumbags" funeral? I bet not!!!
JBo
Jul 17, 2018 Gun stats for DC not given, just the crimes percentages. Updated as of this morning, July 17, murders are now up 46% over last year. Gun stats for LA not given, just the crime percentages. The article was written December 17, 2017.
Hi_estComnDenomn
Jul 17, 2018 @JBo What are the specific stats for gun death? And when was this article written?
JBo
Jul 16, 2018 Hi_estComnDenomn said, "I've lived in both DC and LA. Gun control is working fine." DC murders are up 44% over last year, violent crime down 7% (excluding murder)...source www.dc.gov. LA murders are down 6% over last year, violent crime up 4% over last year and up over 16% from 2 years ago...source www.latimes.com.
Burgers Allday
Jul 16, 2018 "Dead and wounded human beings, regardless of their status before the law deserve a least a moment of respect" Including the dead man that the undercover officers approached in some fashion that has not yet been disclosed to us? Out of respect to the dead man, I think "respect" demands that we consider the possibility that he did not know he was shooting at police officers. Maybe he did know . . . maybe he didn't. Need to know what disinterested witnesses and the video at the Sky Vue Motel say before I can decide how to feel about this situation. Maybe it was good police work and maybe it was bad, unsafe police work. We need to know precisely because Blue Lives Matter.
SDLucas
Jul 16, 2018 Prayers for the fallen and wounded. And, for the confused jerks who seem to want to make every discussion and posting, even those which involve death and clearly line-of-duty actions, indictments or complaints about policing and police in general. Dead and wounded human beings, regardless of their status before the law, deserve a least a moment of respect before we return to grinding our political axes. I wonder if it's even possible to be a SJW without being a bigoted and hateful... Jerk?
Mrs10
Jul 16, 2018 @Hi_estComnDenomn You say that soldiers will turn in other soldiers because their lives depend on each other. It's the EXACT same thing with cops. Why would a cop let another cop back him up if the first cop knew the second had betrayed his badge?! That's crazy. Anyone who betrays his badge might then betray his brother or at least not be trust-worthy in life/death situations.
Mrs10
Jul 16, 2018 @Hi_estComnDenomn Your argument about a possible 10,000 cops being bad and no one doing anything about it is a logical fallacy. Your argument assumes that the other 99% are OK with the 1% bad. Of COURSE not! To say that 100% of cops on the street at any given moment are all good would be naive and not at all genuine. But that doesn't mean that efforts are not being made to eradicate those that soil the badge. Just like the military has MPs to police the soldiers the cops have IA to police the police. Both groups (MP/IA) are necessary bc you'll never have 100% good in any group. But knowing that there will never be 100% good doesn't mean you stop trying to reach that ideal.
Mrs10
Jul 16, 2018 @Hi_estComnDenomn What had led you to believe that good cops DON'T turn in bad cops? I'm honestly baffled. You talk like this doesn't happen but I've not seen proof of this ever. As I've said ad nauseum now - good cops hate bad cops more than anyone else possibly could. That's why IA (Internal Affairs) exists in the first place!