KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a police detective in Kansas City, Kansas (all times local):
3 p.m.
A parolee suspected of gunning down a Kansas City, Kansas, police detective has been charged in Missouri with felonies linked to gun-related crimes he allegedly committed before he was shot by police and arrested.
Prosecutors in Jackson County charged 28-year-old Curtis Ayers with first-degree assault, resisting arrest, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and three counts of armed criminal action.
Ayers was hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition.
Prosecutors in Kansas’ Wyandotte County still were weighing charges against Ayers in connection with Monday’s shooting death of Brad Lancaster.
Court documents included with Tuesday’s charges allege Ayers, when cornered by police, shot and wounded a woman during an attempted carjacking and fired at another motorist.
10:05 a.m.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is ordering flags in Wyandotte County to be lowered to half-staff in memory of a slain police detective.
Brownback directed the county’s flags lowered Tuesday through sundown Wednesday in 39-year-old Brad Lancaster’s honor.
Police say Lancaster died at a hospital Monday about three hours after being shot near a racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas.
A suspect, 28-year-old Curtis Ayers, has been arrested. Ayers was shot by police during an attempted carjacking. He is in stable condition Tuesday at a hospital.
The local Fraternal Order of Police says a candlelight vigil in Lancaster’s memory is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.
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9:40 a.m.
Kansas’ top law enforcement official says the state mourns the “senseless” shooting death of a Kansas City police detective.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a statement Tuesday that he extends his prayers to the family of 39-year-old Brad Lancaster’s family and to Lancaster’s former colleagues.
Police say Lancaster died at a hospital Monday about three hours after being shot while responding to a report of a suspicious person near a racetrack.
A suspect, 28-year-old Curtis Ayers, was arrested after being shot by police during an attempted carjacking after he crashed another car. He was in stable condition Tuesday at a hospital.