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On Jan. 30, 2023, Lindsey Garmon, 38, of Wellington, was a passenger in a car Sedgwick County deputies tried to stop on Kellogg Avenue around 5:20 a.m. The car she was in did not stop and deputies escalated a chase, ending at Hoover and Taftin when the car crashed into a utility pole, killing passenger Lindsey Garmon. Police did not state why they attempted a traffic stop that led up to this death. No officers were charged.

https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/man-charged-after-police-chase-ends-with-wellington-woman-killed/

https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wellington-woman-dies-after-crash-in-west-wichita/

Kansas City Kansas PD state that an altercation between John Anderton and the officer took place. The officer was seen wearing a BWC but Anderton’s brother states footage was withheld. “Everyone I talked to at that house said my brother was trying to give that [overdosed] man CPR. Once the ambulance and help got there, he left. I have videos of my brother riding his bicycle, not fleeing, riding away,” he (brother) said.
Police state he left his home on his bike. His brother disputes this and feels that a neighbor’s security cam shows a different man on a bicycle. The family wants answers and has retained a lawyer. No officers were charged.

https://www.kctv5.com/2023/02/04/suspect-dies-following-officer-involved-shooting-kck/

Kennedy J. Edmond was allegedly driving down the street in Wichita when police saw him and felt that he matched a description of someone from a larceny in the area. They began following him, escalating a chase ending in a fatal crash in which Edmond crashed and rolled over at Osie and Washington around 8:30 a.m. January 26, 2023.
While the officer alleged that he had “called off the pursuit” just before the crash, the KHP did report that this incident was listed as a police pursuit at the time of the crash. The KHP ultimately changed its narrative to “not in pursuit”.
The officer had reportedly chased the car at a high rate of speed without lights and sirens most of the way and turned on his lights and sirens toward the end of the pursuit. He also called off the pursuit after about 15 seconds when the vehicle started driving at high speed.’No officers were charged.

https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-critical-after-south-wichita-rollover-crash/

https://www.kwch.com/2023/01/26/1-critical-1-serious-south-wichita-crash/

Around 9 a.m., officers with the Clark Co. Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop a vehicle, however, the vehicle sped away and police initiated a chase. KBI indicated the chase headed north toward Dodge City when deputies from the Ford Co. Sheriff’s Office and Kansas Highway Patrol joined the chase. The vehicle came to a stop near Highway 50 and 113 Rd. in Dodge City and gunfire was exchanged between the occupants and law enforcement. Two deputies from the Ford Co. Sheriff’s Office were shot in the incident. A deputy from the Clark Co. Sheriff’s Office was alsoinjured. A trooper with KHP was bitten by a K-9. Leroy Malone was fatally shot. A female in the vehicle was also shot, was in critical condition and had also been taken to a hospital. No officers were charged.

https://apnews.com/article/drug-crimes-phoenix-homicide-law-enforcement-937dfdc1d07dbe52abe2616f800356fd

https://www.wibw.com/2023/01/23/suspect-dies-after-multiple-officials-passenger-shot-officer-involved-shooting/

Harley Bagby was “tearing the house up,” Bagby’s girlfriend told Wellington PD. Police allege that they walked into the home and Bagby approached with a knife and that officers shot and killed him with multiple shots. No officers were charged.

http://www.derbyinformer.com/news/area_news/kbi-looking-into-sumner-county-shooting/article_83973aa8-9f23-11ed-a56c-3f68a5bf4b5e.html

https://www.sumnernewscow.com/saturday-shooting-update-wpd-will-not-release-names-of-officers-involved-in-shooting-kbi-takes-control-of-investigation/

https://www.ksn.com/news/one-killed-in-wellington-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.kwch.com/2023/01/22/wellington-officer-involved-shooting-leaves-one-dead/

https://www.kake.com/story/48202264/wellington-officer-fatally-shoots-suspect-armed-with-knife-kbi-says

Cheyenne Day was allegedly driving erratically for which Topeka PD began chasing her. The driving reportedly became much worse under duress and caused her to crash her car on the 2300 block of N.W. Topeka Boulevard. She died. No officers were charged.

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2023/01/21/one-car-crash-in-north-topeka-kills-woman-who-had-led-police-on-chases/69826590007/

https://sports.yahoo.com/cheyenne-day-dies-topeka-crash-163102424.html

Just after 5:00 pm on Monday, Jan. 16, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office received calls of a man pointing a gun. Deputies found the man driving a truck, chased him and he fled into a field and allegedly started firing on police, then fled on foot. He was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head under police duress.No officers were charged.

https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/kansas-news/kbi-suspect-kills-himself-after-shootout-with-deputies/article_6f5be5c0-966d-11ed-8c4c-8f6956384d54.html

Gabriela Trejo-Garcia and passenger Juan Avila were driving in Kansas City when on Independence and Hardesty, a high-speed police chase crashed into them at 100 mph, escalated by Kansas City PD after a driver for unknown reasons. Both Trejo-Garcia and Avila died. No officers were charged.

https://fox4kc.com/news/friends-remember-victims-killed-in-crash-after-kck-police-chase/

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article271155877.html

Gabriela Trejo-Garcia and passenger Juan Avila were driving in Kansas City when on Independence and Hardesty, a high-speed police chase crashed into them at 100 mph, escalated by Kansas City PD after a driver for unknown reasons. Both Trejo-Garcia and Avila died. No officers were charged.

https://fox4kc.com/news/friends-remember-victims-killed-in-crash-after-kck-police-chase/

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article271155877.html

Olathe PD allege that they arrived to a physical disturbance, found a man with an “edged weapon” and shot and killed Brandon Lynch. His mother stated that Lynch had suffered from schizophrenia, that this was well-known to police who had helped with it before, that they did not have to shoot him and did not deescalate the situation.

https://www.kctv5.com/2023/01/03/olathe-mother-says-son-was-fatally-shot-by-police-during-mental-health-call-help/

https://news.yahoo.com/kansas-woman-frustrated-devastated-son-191400862.html?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web

https://hayspost.com/posts/7df22511-472b-4ec9-9053-bb4272ac2dd2

https://fox4kc.com/news/olathe-mother-devastated-frustrated-after-son-killed-in-police-shooting/

Kansas City KS PD responded to a call about a disabled vehicle and found a man pointing a weapon. Thomas Marshall allegedly stole the officer’s cruiser, was hunted by an unknown number of cruisers, stopped the cruiser and when he exited, he was involved in a shootout with officers and was killed.

https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/kansas-city-kansas-police-shoot-kill-man-who-stole-police-cruiser/

Police investigated a parked car they thought was stolen and allege that the man inside did not want to cooperate. Police opened the door, got into an altercation and shot the man to death. Police claim the man had a weapon, did not specify what type of weapon. Police did not claim he had used this weapon.

https://littleapplepost.com/posts/dad890f6-77b2-431b-8724-936520956005

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2022/12/02/man-shot-to-death-thursday-by-topeka-police-had-history-of-car-theft-dylan-d-walstrom-kbi/69695209007/

https://sports.yahoo.com/man-shot-killed-topeka-police-175542195.html

Kansas City PD investigated a stolen vehicle and found Hugo Corral-Velasco passed out in it. Police claim he had a gun and that they tried to wake him up and that he grabbed the gun and began firing at police. They shot and killed him.

https://hayspost.com/posts/c95d9765-c281-466b-bf8a-9dfa581b7ba9

https://www.kmbc.com/article/police-shoot-and-kill-man-in-kansas-city-kansas/41908503

Topeka PD arrived at a domestic incident. Taylor Lowery reportedly left the residence and drove to an area store with police in pursuit. Police claim he tried to carjack a woman with a knife. Police claim he walked toward them and five officers fired their weapons killing him.

He was found to have 34 bullets in his body on autopsy.

https://www.wibw.com/2022/10/13/one-man-dead-following-incident-coachlight/

https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/topeka-family-grieves-man-shot-by-police/

Lawrence PD responded to a call regarding a broken window and possible burglary. While on scene investigating, police encountered Michael Scott Blanck. Police allege that he had a gun and aimed it at police. Police shot and killed him. There are discrepant police/eyewitness statements whether or not he fired a gun. Police did not release any BWC footage of the alleged gun-pointing and it is not possible to corroborate the police narrative with the narrative provided by them. The killing was Justified by the DA.

https://www.kake.com/story/47408777/one-person-dead-in-officerinvolved-shooting-in-lawrence

https://lawrencekstimes.com/2022/12/01/20221002-shooting-justified-da-says/

https://www2.ljworld.com/news/public-safety/2022/dec/01/douglas-county-da-finds-officer-involved-shooting-was-legally-justified/

Topeka PD responded to a home in the 3500 block of SW Kerry Avenue on reports of a shooting. Police arrived and found 1 person dead and another who was injured. Several units at the murder scene abruptly left around 10:45 a.m. to chase the person felt responsible for the homicide. Scanner traffic indicated a high-speed chase and possible shootout with the likely shooters. Police chased them into Downtown Topeka. Police allege shots were fired from the fleeing vehicle. The vehicle crashed. Police state they were once again fired at from the wreck, injuring an officer. A large group of officers with guns drawn approached the vehicle and pulled someone out. One person is confirmed dead. Circumstances were not made clear and identity was not revealed by police.

https://www.wibw.com/2022/09/29/topeka-police-respond-south-topeka-shooting/

Ahlvers had been driving a truck stolen from Skyland Grain in Pratt Co. which had been in use to make deliveries. Police escalated a chase. Ahlvers intentionally drove toward the vehicle of Terrill Underwood who attempted to avoid the collision by driving off the highway but he was hit and killed. Ahlvers was also pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.wibw.com/2022/09/15/two-dead-after-halstead-man-leads-police-chase-intentionally-hits-truck/

Ahlvers had been driving a truck stolen from Skyland Grain in Pratt Co. which had been in use to make deliveries. Police escalated a chase. Ahlvers intentionally drove toward the vehicle of Terrill Underwood who attempted to avoid the collision by driving off the highway but he was hit and killed. Ahlvers was also pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.wibw.com/2022/09/15/two-dead-after-halstead-man-leads-police-chase-intentionally-hits-truck/

Topeka PD were sent to a call about Christopher Kelley who was allegedly seen with a knife threatening people. Police claim that he charged them. They shot and killed him.

https://www.cjonline.com/obituaries/p0217016

https://www.wibw.com/2022/06/29/kbi-identifies-victim-fatal-tpd-officer-involved-shooting-railyard/

https://www.wibw.com/2022/07/22/das-office-awaits-forensic-reports-fatal-tpd-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2022/10/03/topeka-police-release-body-camera-video-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-christopher-kelley/69529825007/

Shooting Justified by Shawnee County District Attorney
https://southeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/47354304/da-topeka-officers-justified-in-mans-shooting-death

Two Saline County deputies were sent to a home with a warrant to arrest Dustin Vance for rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and contributing to a child’s misconduct. Police claim that he had a gun and shot and killed him. Police also shot and injured a female bystander who survived.

https://www.wibw.com/2022/05/28/rape-arrest-warrant-leads-officer-involved-shooting-saline-co/

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article261901930.html

Gregório Banuelos was allegedly firing a gun inside of the house. Police arrived and created a standoff. Police claimed that he fired a gun and when he came from the home, they shot and killed him.

https://www.kwch.com/2022/05/26/wichita-police-identify-man-killed-officer-involved-shooting-that-ended-standoff/

https://jcpost.com/posts/431e07aa-1aad-4794-85c1-d36e23e60ae2

https://www.kake.com/story/46584249/hes-still-here-hes-going-crazy-911-call-and-body-camera-video-captures-standoff

Cowley County deputies were called about an unknown vehicle. Police arrived and alleged that Andrea Barrow was noncompliant. Police pulled her from the car and engaged in a fight with her and claim that she grabbed a weapon and fired a shot. Police shot and killed her.

https://www.kake.com/story/46311502/3-deputies-released-from-hospital-after-shootout-in-cowley-county

https://newstalkkzrg.com/2022/04/15/3-sheriffs-deputies-shot-suspect-killed-in-central-kansas/

https://www.kwch.com/2022/04/18/records-detail-prior-run-ins-woman-killed-officer-involved-shooting-near-winfield/

https://www.kwch.com/2022/06/16/cowley-county-officer-involved-shooting-ruled-justified/

https://www.kake.com/story/46299006/three-injured-one-dead-after-officerinvolved-shooting

Joplin PD were sent to a domestic disturbance with possible hostage being the wife and daughter. Police and SWAT arrived and the mother, Taylor Schutte, ran out toward police. The husband, Eli Crawford, shot and killed her. Several law enforcement agencies and SWAT engaged in a heavy gun fight with him. A police sniper killed 2-year-old Clesslyn and her father both.

Joplin PD were sent to a domestic disturbance with possible hostage being the wife and daughter. Police and SWAT arrived and the mother, Taylor Schutte, ran out toward police. The husband, Eli Crawford, shot and killed her. Several law enforcement agencies and SWAT engaged in a heavy gun fight with him. A police sniper killed 2-year-old Clesslyn and her father both.

Joplin PD were sent to a domestic disturbance with possible hostage being the wife and daughter. Police and SWAT arrived and the mother, Taylor Schutte, ran out toward police. The husband, Eli Crawford, shot and killed her. Several law enforcement agencies and SWAT engaged in a heavy gun fight with him. A police sniper killed 2-year-old Clesslyn and her father both.

https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/police-gunman-fatally-shot-woman-child-found-dead-after-standoff/article_ae01ca98-aeb9-11ec-b7a8-97c5d18d9e7b.html

https://www.kansas.gov/kbi/docs/media%20releases/2022/Media%20Release-%20UPDATE-%20Officer%20involved%20shooting%20in%20Baxter%20Springs.pdf

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10688681/Missouri-cop-kills-2-year-old-opened-fire-dad-held-hostage.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-joplin-kansas-clesslynn-crawford-police-stray-bullet-20220405-77itgron6jfutopnq4oclqlbgy-story.html

https://www.kwch.com/2022/04/04/kbi-shot-that-killed-child-last-months-se-kansas-hostage-incident-was-fired-by-police/

https://www.koamnewsnow.com/attorney-now-reviewing-baxter-springs-fatal-shooting-investigation/

https://stjosephpost.com/posts/24e32014-cc72-4b31-b152-0c8c527af98c#//

https://sunflowerstateradio.com/2022/04/04/investigation-indicates-2-year-old-killed-by-joplin-officer-in-baxter-springs-hostage-situation/

https://www.kake.com/news/2-year-old-girl-killed-during-hostage-incident-was-shot-by-police-officer-kbi-says/article_24909ca9-1f24-5326-a05a-9fcf1e1c3371.html

Kansas Highway Patrol attempted to traffic stop a car driven by Derek Stortzum. He did not stop and police escalated chase. His vehicle was attacked with a PIT maneuver that caused him to crash and die. Police had chased him for a driving infraction.

https://www.ksn.com/news/one-person-dead-after-crash-during-police-chase/

https://foxnebraska.com/newsletter-daily/florida-man-derek-stortzum-dead-following-multi-county-kansas-pursuit-that-ends-in-tactical-maneuver

https://www.ksal.com/driver-killed-in-crash-during-pursuit/

Police allege that Jason Ickler jumped from a window, entered a vehicle in the hotel parking lot and accelerated towards the deputy. The deputy shot and killed him.

https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/one-dead-following-wanamaker-officer-shooting/

https://www.wibw.com/2022/02/06/officers-scene-topeka-quality-inn-apparent-shooting/

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2022/02/07/man-allegedly-accelerated-officer-who-shot-him-death-topeka/6699612001/

Wichita police officers arrived at the apartment of Malik Rogers to arrest him on domestic violence charges. Rogers did not comply when officers made contact. Both officers reportedly deployed Tasers in an attempt to subdue him, but Rogers locked himself in a bathroom. When officers forced their way into the bathroom, Rogers reportedly had a gun pointed at them and fired multiple shots, injuring one officer in the arm and the other in the leg. Rogers then shot and killed himself.

1. https://www.kwch.com/2021/12/26/police-identify-man-who-died-following-shooting-involving-wichita-police/
2. https://www.kake.com/story/45551130/suspect-kills-self-after-shooting-two-wichita-police-officers
3. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/26/wichita-officers-shot-suicidal-man/9024638002/

On November 22, 2021, Kansas City Police responded to reports of a man standing in the middle of the road and jumping into traffic in the 600 block of North 57th Street. Upon arrival, officers observed Lionel Womack, a 35-year-old former detective for the Kansas City Police Department, running toward them.
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Womack reportedly entered the driver's seat of a patrol car, leading to a struggle during which he allegedly disarmed an officer and pointed the firearm at another officer. In response, officers shot and killed Womack. The officer involved in this incident had previously been involved in a fatal shooting.
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Total fatalities and injuries: One fatality (Lionel Womack).
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article255970171.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-police-fatally-shoot-black-man-who-was-ex-detective-n1284605
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/us/kansas-city-police-shooting.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/24/kansas-police-shooting-lionel-womack/
 

On October 25, 2021, a 78-year-old man contacted Mitchell County dispatch to report that he had been kidnapped at gunpoint and held for 26 hours by an acquaintance, John Roudybush, 59. When officers attempted to serve a search warrant at Roudybush's home located at 2446 190 Road in Glen Elder, Kansas, he refused to exit the residence. After an hours-long standoff, officers heard a gunshot from inside the home. Upon entry, they found Roudybush deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

https://www.kwch.com/2021/10/27/kbi-man-kills-self-after-kidnapping-standoff-glen-elder/ 

Around 2 a.m., a clerk working at the QuikTrip called 911 to report a suicidal person. The clerk said a woman was at the convenience store and reported that her boyfriend, Jess Jackson, had threatened her, made suicidal statements, and possibly fired a gun in a home. The woman was no longer at QuikTrip when officers arrived. Officers proceeded to the home where Jackson was staying. A man at the residence allowed officers inside. Officers found Jackson in bed and ordered him to get out of bed and show his hands. Jackson ignored the commands and reached toward the floor. One officer then fired four shots, killing Jackson.

https://www.kwch.com/2021/10/03/man-killed-officer-involved-shooting/

Police had been seeking Jesse B. Lees in connection with the homicide death of Jennifer A. Morris, 25, of Topeka. Topeka police fatally shot the reportedly armed Lees about 11:15 a.m. Details as to what precipitated the killing were withheld by police.

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/09/10/police-shoot-armed-homicide-suspect-central-topeka-no-officers-hurt/8276736002/ 

About 7:30 p.m., police received reports of a person looking into vehicle windows. An officer responded to the area where he found Brandon Lee Schlichting. When the officer tried to contact Schlichting, Schlichting allegedly pulled a gun and aimed it at the officer, who shot and killed him.

https://www.wibw.com/2021/08/21/chanute-man-critical-condition-after-being-shot-by-police-officer/ 

Wichita police said officers received information that Gabriel Christian Seim was involved in past drug trafficking incidents, and he was driving a Toyota RAV4. Officers found him traveling on northbound Interstate 135, and they attempted to stop him. The RAV4 exited on 53rd Street North, heading eastbound, where it crashed into a GMC. Seim was killed in the crash. The 43-year-old man inside the GMC was injured.

https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-killed-in-crash-at-53rd-north-and-hydraulic/
https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-killed-in-crash-at-53rd-north-and-hydraulic/

Ramiro A. Rosete Jr., wanted for aggravated indecent liberties with a child, was involved in a police pursuit initiated by a Sedgwick County deputy after a traffic stop near Interstate 235 and Central. The pursuit ended when Rosete's vehicle was found unoccupied near Mead and Bayley. Deputies located him at a motel in the 7300 block of East Kellogg Drive North, where he had locked himself in a room and indicated he was armed. After several hours of negotiation, Rosete agreed to surrender but subsequently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

1. https://hayspost.com/posts/43bd08a6-6476-42a3-8395-0e1ce2bf3f18
2. https://apnews.com/article/f58744f6d4952665052b73ae3216e482

Wichita police officers were made aware of a man experiencing mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. The man had reportedly threatened his neighbors and pointed a gun at individuals in a Wichita business. In the evening, officers pursued the man through several areas of west Wichita. His vehicle veered off the road at 55th Street South and South Meridian Avenue and entered a wheat field. The speed of the vehicle and heat from the engine sparked a fire in the dry grass, engulfing the car in flames. The man died from burns and smoke inhalation.

1. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-dead-in-vehicle-fire-after-police-chase/
2. https://www.kake.com/story/47006163/wichita-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-vehicle-fire
3. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article252781163.html

An armed robbery occurred at a hotel. Police chased several individuals, arresting one, while another fled in a vehicle. Wichita PD escalated a high-speed chase. At the intersection of Central and Ridge, the fleeing vehicle ran a red light and crashed into the car driven by Samantha Russell. Russell, who was eight months pregnant, was killed in the crash. Her son was delivered posthumously and survived.

1. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-critically-injured-in-west-wichita-vehicle-crash/
2. https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/man-convicted-in-crash-that-killed-pregnant-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
3. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-father-celebrates-birth-of-his-son-while-mourning-his-22-year-old-wife-killed-in-crash-following-chase/
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229303430/samantha_lee-russell

Around 12:50 a.m. on June 27, 2021, a Plainville Police Department officer arrived at a convenience store at 601 South Washington Street in Plainville. The officer was aware that 29-year-old Nicole Dechant of Hays had a misdemeanor warrant for her arrest. Upon approaching Dechant, who was seated on a curb outside the store, the officer informed her of the intent to take her into custody. During the interaction, Dechant allegedly reached into her bag and produced a firearm. The officer commanded her to put down the gun, but Dechant reportedly ignored the commands, leading the officer to fire multiple times, resulting in her death.

https://hayspost.com/posts/1109f06d-60dc-4c4f-9659-0ee73e19e855

https://www.kwch.com/2021/06/27/woman-killed-officer-involved-shooting-plainville/

Around 3:45 p.m., officers were called to a domestic disturbance where Dennis Delgado was allegedly attempting to break into a home. Before police arrived, a resident shot Delgado. Upon arrival, officers encountered Delgado, who was reportedly armed, leading to an altercation during which police shot and killed him.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article252422388.htmlhttps://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article252428128.html
https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/kansas-city-kansas-police-officer-shoots-suspect-friday-afternoon

On June 25, 2021, at approximately 3:45 p.m., Kansas City Police responded to a domestic disturbance near South 50th Street and Vista Street. Officers found Dennis Edward Delgado, 60, who had reportedly attempted to break into a residence.
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Before police arrived, a resident of the home shot Delgado. Upon their arrival, officers encountered Delgado, who was reportedly armed. An altercation ensued between Delgado and officers. Police opened fire, shooting and killing Delgado.
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Total fatalities and injuries: One fatality (Dennis Edward Delgado).

• https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article252327028.html
• https://www.kctv5.com/2021/06/26/man-shot-by-officer-after-domestic-disturbance-call/
• https://www.kmbc.com/article/kck-police-respond-to-domestic-disturbance-ending-in-shooting-death/36810749
• https://www.wibw.com/2021/06/25/kansas-city-police-involved-deadly-shooting/