Missouri highway patrol investigates shooting involving Kansas City police
UPDATE: Kansas City police fatally shoot armed suspect while investigating killing of 2 boys
Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting involving a Kansas City police officer, authorities said Saturday afternoon.
The “officer involved shooting” happened near Maple Boulevard and East Missouri Avenue, Capt. Dave Jackson, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, said in an email at 6:26 p.m. Saturday.
Heavy police presence here along Maple Blvd. KCPD has blocked off the street at Independence. Police congregating mostly toward the center of the block. https://t.co/k539rOuHm0 pic.twitter.com/jhSc6O3KcN
— Bill Lukitsch (@lukitsbill) May 1, 2021
A heavy police presence was visible along Maple Boulevard at about 7 p.m.
No further information was immediately given.
