As patrol cars arrived the suspect, who police believe is named Curtis Ayers, fled and officers called for additional help.
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He said a police detective was shot multiple times after he responded to assist an officer with reports of a suspicious person near 110th and Village West Parkway.
The Tonganoxie man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Kansas City, Kansas, police detective was injured in a shootout with Kansas City, Missouri, police officers Monday afternoon.
They say suspect Curtis Ayers then took his vehicle and fled the scene.
Ayers was then shot and captured by police following a pursuit, police said.
The newspaper reports Lancaster was a U.S. Air Force veteran who had served two tours of duty overseas, including one in Kuwait.
Once the officer confirmed the vehicle was the same that had been hijacked, he gave chase down Route 71 until the suspect tried to take an off-ramp and crashed into some pillars, Sapp said.
Police gathered outside the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway today to investigate the shooting of a police detective. (KCMO) police and is in serious condition, officials say.
The incident may have started with a carjacking of a gold Camry on 118th, but police have not released details. McCallop says that’s when the man ran into a field and exchanged gunfire with the detective, wounding him at least twice.
“Was in the garage when the guy came barreling in, and he had stolen a auto from the casino, I guess he told Jeff (her neighbor) that and that there were two children in the vehicle”, she said.
Then the person of interest traveled to Basehor, dropped off the kids, abandoned the vehicle, and carjacked another vehicle there, he said. The detective was transported to Research Medical Center and underwent surgery.
It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting.
Ayers was shot near Highway 71 and Bannister by Kansas City, Mo.
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Messages left with a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokeswoman were not immediately returned.
