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Wyandotte County Deputy Elijah Ming, 34, and a Kansas City,
Kansas, police officer were approaching a home at about 3:45
p.m. Saturday when a 38-year-old man inside opened fire, the
Kansas Bureau of Investigation said. A woman who lived at the
house told authorities she was concerned about her safety and
was trying to move out and asked law enforcement to come, saying
the man had threatened friends with a firearm when they tried to
help her move, the KBI said.
The man and other sheriff's deputies and police officers
exchanged gunfire as officers tried to help Ming, a nine-year
veteran of the sheriff's department. Ming died several hours
later of his injuries after being taken to a hospital.
The man barricaded himself in the home and also was shot. He was
reported in good condition after being taken to a hospital to be
treated for his injuries, the KBI said. Police negotiated with
him for about an hour before he surrendered and was taken into
custody.
The man was formally arrested Sunday after his release from the
hospital and was jailed without bond in neighboring Johnson
County, the KBI said.
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