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William Foxx Blakely

Case # :1595

Gender : Male

Age : 25

Race : White

Date : 12/15/2022

Location : 100 Block of W Hargis St

City : Belton

County : Cass

State : Missouri

Agency : Belton PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during armed disturbance call

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Police were called to an armed disturbance. Officers claim that the man refused to drop his weapon and was tasered. William Foxx Blakely allegedly pointed a gun at officers and was shot and killed.

Officers initially only tasered him while he allegedly held a gun which suggests he may not have been too aggressive as he could have shot police during the taser attack. It is unclear why police escalated the event to a fatal shooting.

Source Links :

https://fox4kc.com/news/belton-man-dies-in-shooting-involving-police-thursday/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-suburban-kansas-city-officer-kills-armed-suspect-95425164

https://www.kmbc.com/article/belton-missouri-police-shoot-kill-man-holding-a-gun/42265691