Kansas Governor, Sam Brownback, sent prayers for Melton’s family and condolences to Kansas City police department likewise.
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Tomasic says a suspect was taken into custody around 2:04 p.m. about a block away from where 46-year-old Capt. Robert Melton was shot in his patrol auto.
He had been a patrol officer in the city from 1999 to 2006 after a nine-year career as a police lieutenant for the Wyandotte County sheriff’s department. Goble knows the family of the fallen officer and hoped to place.
Melton was honored Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, with a moment of silence before before the Royals game against Cleveland. On July 7, a lone gunman opened fire on police officers during a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas, Texas.
The police officer who was fatally shot this week in Kansas City, Kansas, was not the victim of a targeted attack against law enforcement, authorities said Wednesday.
The police chief in Kansas City, Kansas, says the department hopes to present the findings of its investigation into a captain’s killing to prosecutors soon.
The ATF is helping police investigate the fatal shooting Tuesday of a Kansas City, Kansas, officer. Authorities have said they don’t believe his death was a planned ambush.
Chief Terry Zeigler tweeted news of the shooting just after 2 p.m. Police are searching for at least one more suspect, Tomasic said.
According to a police statement, officers were originally called at around 1:35 p.m. after a 911 caller reported that at least three people were shooting at him from a vehicle.
Zeigler said Melton was wearing a protective vest. He was 46 years old and had been with the department for 17 years.
Then, three or four occupants of the vehicle jumped out and ran away.
Wagle pointed to Obama’s public comments after two black men, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La. and Philando Castille in suburban St. Paul, Minn, died in video-recorded police shootings that shook the nation. Kathryn Courtney, 31, of Kansas City, Kansas, brought a bouquet of yellow daisies Wednesday. Courtney said she had known Melton for almost 20 years and that he was “a wonderful man with a heart of gold”. “Most of us go through our careers and never have to experience that”.
Officials in Kansas have an update on a police officer’s death in the line of duty.
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Kansas City police are still recovering from the death of detective Brad Lancaster, who was killed May 9 after he responded to a report of a suspicious person close to the Hollywood Casino, according to KMBC-TV.
