The shooting of a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain drew swift condemnation as mourners gathered outside the main entrance of the hospital where the officer died.
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“The officer was identified by police Chief Terry Zeigler as Capt. Robert Melton”.
Louis reports that the police chief there has asked people to “start prayers”. He then held a news conference at 4 p.m.at the University of Kansas Hospital, where he confirmed that Melton had died of his injuries. When he and other officers arrived on the scene, the three or four occupants of the vehicle jumped out and ran away.
Police say one suspect is in custody, and they are now searching for another suspect.
Melton, 46, was driving around looking for a third person when he came upon someone who matched the suspect’s description, Tomasic said.
Tuesday’s shooting was the second of a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer since early May, when a police detective was shot and killed near Kansas Speedway.
Multiple suspects fled from the scene, police said.
“It’s hard. It’s very hard right now”, said Tom Tomasic of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. Many police departments around the nation decided officers should always be in pairs following the ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
He says more information will be released at a news conference Wednesday morning.
We have an officer shot at 22nd & Haskell. “I looked out my window and the only thing I saw was the officer’s windows busted out, and I saw an officer slumped over in the seat of his vehicle”, said the witness who didn’t want his name revealed.
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Police sources tell FOX 4 that there are three suspects in custody in connection with Melton’s homicide.
