Police officer and course of server killed, 2 harm throughout eviction turned capturing in Independence
The Independence Police Division has confirmed {that a} suspect is in custody following the capturing that additionally injured two different officers
NINE NEWS AT SIX. AS WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN EASTERN INDEPENDENCE, YOU ARE LOOKING ON THE LEFT AT THE PHOTO OF FALLEN INDEPENDENCE POLICE OFFICER CODY ALLEN SHOT AND KILLED THIS AFTERNOON ON THE RIGHT. LIVE PICTURES FROM NEWSCHOPPER 9 A POLICE PROCESSION ESCORTING THE BODY OF OFFICER ALLEN DOWNTOWN FROM CENTER POINT MEDICAL CENTER TO THE JACKSON COUNTY EXAMINER’S OFFICE AND AGAIN THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF HIS OFFICERS, OFFICER CODY ALLEN AND A JACKSON COUNTY PROCESSOR, HAVE BEEN KILLED. WE KNOW TWO MORE OFFICERS ARE HURT AFTER A SHOOTING THAT BEGAN DURING AN EVICTION IN NORTHEAST INDEPENDENCE. NOW, AGAIN, POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FALLEN VICTIMS AS 35 YEAR OLD OFFICER CODY ALLEN AND DREXEL MECH, A CIVIL PROCESS SERVER IN HIS EARLY 40S. UM, OFFICER ALLEN, WHO HAD BEEN WITH THE INDEPENDENT POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR TWO YEARS AND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR MUCH LONGER, IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE, TWO KIDS AND HIS PARENTS. AND AS FOR MAC, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTS FOR 12 YEARS, AS SURVIVED BY HIS FIANCE. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ONE INDEPENDENCE POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A JACKSON COUNTY CIVIL PROCESS SERVER, SHOT AND KILLED TWO MORE IN DEPENDANCE. POLICE OFFICERS WERE WOUNDED IN THIS. ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS UNDERGOING SURGERY. BOTH OF THOSE INJURED OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THERE IS ONE SUSPECT IN POLICE CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. WE DON’T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT SUSPECT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GET NEW DETAILS THERE. AND AGAIN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE JUST JOINING US HERE ON CHANNEL NINE, THIS ALL STARTED AT ABOUT 109 THIS AFTERNOON. UH, A HOUSE IN A RURAL AREA OF EASTERN INDEPENDENCE, AGAIN NORTH OF L.C. SMITH ROAD, EAST BUNDSCHU ROAD, OUT IN EASTERN JACK. UH, AN INDIVIDUAL INSIDE THAT HOUSE WAS BEING SERVED AN EVICTION NOTICE. WE DON’T KNOW WHY YET. WE DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE WAS BEHIND ON RENT, OR PERHAPS HAD MISSED A MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, OR MAYBE WAS FACING A BACK TAXES ISSUE. BUT IN THE COURSE OF THE SERVING OF THAT EVICTION NOTICE, GUNFIRE HAPPENED AND THAT CIVIL PROCESS SERVER WAS WOUNDED. THE CIVIL PROCESS SERVER WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 FOR HELP. APPARENTLY SOME NEIGHBORS NEARBY ALSO HEARD THE GUNSHOTS AND ALSO CALLED 911 FOR HELP. AND THAT’S WHEN TWO MORE, UH, THAT’S WHEN THREE INDEPENDENCE POLICE OFFICERS, I SHOULD SAY, CAME UPON THE SCENE. SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A STORY HERE WITH NOT ONE, BUT TWO SHOOTINGS. AND THAT SECOND SHOOTING INVOLVING THOSE THREE INDEPENDENCE POLICE OFFICERS, ONE SHOT AND KILLED, TWO WOUNDED. ALL OF THIS AGAIN HAPPENING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. UH, AGAIN, ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY. THE INVESTIGATION, OBVIOUSLY IN ITS EARLY STAGES, IT WILL BE LED BY THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD PROCEDURE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. AND ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, IT WAS MAC THAT WAS SERVING THAT EVICTION NOTICE WHEN SOMEONE FROM INSIDE THAT HOME BEGAN SHOOTING AT THEM. AGAIN, THE PROCESS SERVER OR POTENTIALLY OTHER COURT EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE BEEN AT THAT SCENE, BUT WHEN THEY CALLED 911 FOR HELP, THAT’S WHEN OFFICER ALLEN AND HIS COLLEAGUE RESPONDED. AND THAT’S WHY WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW. LET’S GO OUT TO REBECCA GANNON, WHO HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE OR NEARBY THE SCENE PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. REBECCA, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR AND HOW IS IT OUT THERE? HOW WAS THE ATMOSPHERE? WELL, AS THE SUN HAS BEEN SETTING, I MEAN, WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR HOURS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND TO YOUR POINT, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE ARE ABOUT HALF A MILE, MAYBE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THIS ALL HAPPENED. AND AS YOU’VE BEEN SAYING, IT HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND ONE 130 THIS AFTERNOON. SO BUNCHEN BUNCHEN ROAD IS THE ROAD RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CURVES AND IT GOES UP. THEN IT TURNS, MAKES A NICE DOGLEG, GOES STRAIGHT TO THE RIGHT WHICH IS EAST ON YOUR SCREEN AS IT GOES OFF TO THE SCREEN THERE, AND IT’S ABOUT HALF A MILE AWAY FROM THERE. THAT’S WHERE BANSHOU GOES TO. AND AS YOU’VE MENTIONED, IT’S ELSIE SMITH ROAD, AND THAT’S WHERE THIS WHOLE SITUATION UNFOLDED. AS CHRIS MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IT’S ESSENTIALLY TWO DIFFERENT SHOOTINGS IN THE SAME LOCATION AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. AND OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE VICTIMS IN THAT THIS IS A REALLY RURAL AREA, AS I’M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN, WHETHER FROM ITS NEWS CHOPPER NINE OR JUST FROM EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND WITH THAT, THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE 14 WITNESSES THAT WERE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, NOR DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TEN HOMES THAT HAVE RING CAMERAS, ALL IN A CLUSTER REALLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. SO THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO PIECE TOGETHER WHERE BUNSHIRO DID REOPEN RIGHT AROUND 4:00 OR 415, AND THAT WAS PRETTY SURPRISING CONSIDERING THAT IT WAS CLOSED FROM ESSENTIALLY 130 ONWARD. AND IT TOOK A LOT TO GET EVEN JUST THE MEDIA INTO A STAGING AREA. AND RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE IS ANCHOR POINT BAPTIST CHURCH ON TOP OF THE HILL. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE’VE KIND OF MOVED A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT WHAT THE AREA IS. IT’S EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. IT’S A PRETTY RURAL AREA AND IT’S ONLY A COUPLE MILES AWAY FROM THE FORT OSAGE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE INDIAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE. SO THERE IS A LOT TO PIECE TOGETHER, AND THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE TO TALK TO, BUT THERE’S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OUT, UM, FOR INVESTIGATORS TO SHARE WITH US. OBVIOUSLY, WE’VE GOT SOME INFORMATION EARLIER, AND MY COLLEAGUE PEYTON HEADLEY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT MORE SO THE SITUATION HERE RIGHT NOW IS AS THE SUN HAS STARTED TO SET, IT’S REALLY GOTTEN QUIETER. IT’S ALMOST BACK TO WHAT I ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT NOON TODAY, BECAUSE FROM ABOUT 2:00 ONWARD, THERE WERE SO MANY SIRENS. AND I MEAN WITHIN EVERY MINUTE OR SO, YOU JUST HEARD ANOTHER SET OF SIRENS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHETHER IT WAS AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE TRUCK, TRUCK OR SO MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT COMING OUT FOR THAT. AND THEY WERE FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND OBVIOUSLY, INDEPENDENCE POLICE AND KANSAS CITY POLICE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES HAD HAD SOMEONE COMING HERE TO HELP BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO GO THROUGH AND SUCH A CHAOTIC SITUATION AT THE TIME. BUT AGAIN, AS WE’VE HIT THE EVENING NOW IT’S, UH, IT’S BECOMING A LOT QUIETER. UM, I WOULD ALMOST SAY BACK TO NORMAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE FOR SO MANY FAMILIES TONIGHT. UM, BUT THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE AT BUNDSCHU ROAD JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY SEVEN. WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU GUYS? YEAH. REBECCA, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT THAT I THINK IS WORTH REPEATING. UH, NEARBY. NEARBY THAT SHOOTING SCENE TWO, I BELIEVE. TWO FORD OSAGE DISTRICT SCHOOLS, INCLUDING FORD OSAGE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS I BELIEVE, ON LOCKDOWN FOR FOR SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON. EXCELLENT POINT CHRIS, AS WE HAD HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT THIS, WE WERE INITIALLY TOLD GO TO FORD OSAGE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT’S IN THE AREA OF WHERE IT HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DISTRICT AND SAID, WHAT’S GOING ON? AND THE DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON SAID, WE ARE ON LOCKDOWN, BUT IT IS SOLELY AS A PRECAUTION. WE ARE MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. NONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE INVOLVED IN IT, BUT AS AN ABSOLUTE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WE’RE GOING TO LOCK DOWN OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT WAS AROUND 145 IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEY WEREN’T DISMISSING FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. BUT SHE SAID WE WERE ABSOLUTELY LOCKING DOWN OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY DID. BUT THEN THEY ALSO DISMISSED JUST RIGHT ON TIME, UM, BY BY 330 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE SAW A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSSES THAT WERE ACTUALLY BEING REROUTED BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO COME DOWN BUNCHU ROAD. INSTEAD, THEY HAD TO BE REROUTED AROUND HERE. UM, BUT THEY HAVE. AND THAT LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED AND I’M SURE THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME DISCUSSIONS AT THE SCHOOL TOMORROW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WHAT HAPPENED HALF A MILE AWAY FROM HERE AND GOING FORWARD, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BECAUSE I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVELS, WE ALWAYS TELL KIDS TO LOOK FOR THE HELPERS AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT MISTER ROGERS TAUGHT US. YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS AGO. BUT NOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HELPERS TODAY, I THINK IT CARRIES A MUCH MORE SOMBER TONE. AND I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT SCHOOLS AROUND THE METRO WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH YET AGAIN. CHRIS. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. REBECCA, STAY WITH US THERE FOR JUST A MOMENT. MORE LIVE PICTURES ON THE RIGHT OF FROM NEWS CHOPPER NINE. AS THE PROCESSION HAS ARRIVED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE. AND WHILE WE LOOK AT THESE LIVE PICTURES AND AND THE PHOTO OF OFFICER CODY ALLEN, THE JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE, FRANK WHITE HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT AND AN ORDER LOWERING FLAGS ACROSS THE COUNTY TO HALF MAST. AND THE ORDER READS LIKE THIS. BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF JACKSON COUNTY, I HEREBY ORDER ALL FLAGS IN THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, STATE OF MISSOURI, AND ALL GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS TO BE LOWERED TO HALF MAST IN HONOR OF THE LIVES AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF MR. DREXEL, MAC AND INDEPENDENCE POLICE OFFICER CODY ALLEN. REBECCA, THAT SCENE THAT YOU’RE AT RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, THERE WAS HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE THERE EARLIER. I SUSPECT IT’S, UH, I DON’T KNOW IF ANYBODY’S STILL HANGING AROUND THERE OR NOT. OR IS IT JUST ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IT’S IT’S IT’S JUST US AND IT’S BACK TO SOME LEVEL OF NORMALCY OUT THERE. SO THIS IS ALL SUPPOSITION BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE ARE HALF A MILE, EVEN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THIS REALLY HAPPENED. UM, THERE IS AN OP 100 STILL UNDERWAY THERE, AND PEYTON HEADLEE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO THERE IS STILL VERY MUCH A LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE THERE AT THE SCENE. UH, WE DON’T HAVE THE SIRENS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING RIGHT BY US. WE DON’T HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHTS. UM, WE ALSO HAVEN’T SEEN A LOT OF CARS LEAVE IN MASS, WHICH TELLS ME A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EITHER WENT TO THE EAST AND THEN DROVE AWAY, OR THEY’RE ALL STILL THERE AT THE SCENE AND WITH THAT, WHEN YOU’VE STILL GOT A TACTICAL TEAM ON THE GROUND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE, THERE’S A LOT THAT GOES IN TO MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WHEN YOU’RE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE AS WE ALLUDED TO, TWO SHOOTINGS IN THE SAME LOCATION INJURING OR KILLING THREE PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY SORT OF PRECAUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE AROUND THE AREA IS SAFE, INCLUDING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE RESPONDING. SO I IMAGINE THERE’S STILL A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE. I THINK THEY’RE THEY’RE IN SOME CAPACITY, WHETHER IT’S SUPPORT IT AND WHETHER THAT’S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR WHETHER THAT IS JUST TACTICAL SUPPORT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES AS IT SHOULD. BECAUSE TODAY PAY HAS NOT GONE AS IT SHOULD FOR SEVERAL OF OUR LAW. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURT OFFICERS TODAY. AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE DEFINITELY FEELING THAT. THE COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING THAT RIGHT NOW. I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, THAT SO MANY IN THE METRO, AS THEY GOT HOME, AS THEY TURNED ON THEIR RADIOS, AS THEY TURN ON THE TELEVISIONS, CHECKS THEIR SCREENS, THEY SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED HERE TODAY. AND RIGHT OVER THERE, HERE TODAY. AND THERE’S A SENSE THERE’S A SOMBERNESS THERE IS, UH, THERE’S THERE’S A LOT THERE’S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UPSET. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH HOW THIS IS GOING. AND, AND, AND THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO CHANGE, BUT THEY ARE SPEAKING OUT AND SHOWING SUPPORT. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR METRO AREA DOES REALLY WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, WE’VE HAD TOO MANY INSTANCES WHERE WE’VE HAD TO DO THAT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR METRO AREA DOES WELL AND THAT’S SHOW SUPPORT. WHETHER IT HAPPENED IN INDEPENDENCE, SOMEONE IN OLATHE IS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A PICTURE UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE’S THERE’S A LOT OF SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD TONIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. CHRIS. REBECCA, AS YOU MENTIONED, AS WE SORT OF PUT THIS STORY TOGETHER ON LIVE TELEVISION, SORT OF PIECE BY PIECE, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT THAT I’D LIKE TO AMPLIFY JUST A LITTLE BIT. THERE IS AT THE SCENE AT THAT HOUSE NORTH ELK SMITH ROAD AND EAST BUNCHIE ROAD IN EASTERN INDEPENDENCE, A COLLECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE TACTICAL OFFICERS. RIGHT NOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT STAGE THEIR WORK IS IN RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY’VE BEEN THERE SINCE NOT LONG AFTER THE SHOOTING. NOT LONG AFTER THE SCENE WAS SECURED. PRESUMABLY THEY ARE OR HAVE OR ARE STILL LOOKING FOR PEOPLE INSIDE THAT HOUSE. YOU HAVE FEDERAL ATF AGENTS MAKING SURE THERE ISN’T. THERE AREN’T DANGEROUS DEVICES LIKE EXPLOSIVES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THESE ARE THESE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT HOUSE, GOING THROUGH THAT SCENE WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB TO MAKE SURE THERE’S THERE’S NOBODY ELSE INSIDE. AND TO MAKE SURE THERE’S NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE THREATENING TO THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION OF THAT, THE SCENE INSIDE THAT HOUSE CAN BEGINS. AND IN THE CASE OF THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YEAH. GO AHEAD. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, CHRIS. I JUST WANT TO SAY IN THE BRIEFING THAT WE HAD AND AGAIN, PEYTON HEADLEE WILL PROBABLY TOUCH ON THIS MORE IN THE BRIEFING THAT WE HAD WHERE KANSAS CITY POLICE AND MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL TOLD US THAT THERE WAS AN OPERATION ONE 100, A TACTICAL UNIT. THERE ON THE SCENE. THEY HAD MENTIONED AT THE TIME, NO ONE HAD GONE IN THAT HOUSE YET. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS SAFE. THEY HAD NO INDICATION THERE WAS SOMEONE STILL IN THE HOUSE, BUT THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT GONE INTO THE HOUSE YET, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. AND AGAIN, I THINK PEYTON HEADLEE CAN REALLY TOUCH ON THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN I CAN. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, NO ONE HAD GONE INSIDE THE HOUSE. THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF, BUT THAT WAS THE LAST BRIEFING THAT WE HAD, AND THE LAST THING I HEARD WAS THAT NO ONE HAD GONE INTO THE HOUSE YET. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THEY WERE TAKING THEIR TIME OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S GOING TO BE AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION. REBECCA. THANK YOU. LET’S GO TO KMBC NINE’S PEYTON HEADLEE, WHO IS ALSO NEAR THE CRIME SCENE. AND PEYTON, YOU JUST ARRIVED. TELL US WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED. SO FAR ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION. WELL, WE KNOW THAT IT IS STILL AN ONGOING AND ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. I KIND OF WANT TO GO CHRONOLOGICALLY THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW HAPPENED FROM THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THAT WRAPPED UP A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO. SO WE KNOW THAT JACKSON COUNTY CIVIL PROCESS OFFICERS WENT TO THIS HOUSE TO SERVE AN EVICTION. I ASKED THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE MSHP TROOPER WHO WAS SPEAKING, IF THAT’S COMMON PRACTICE, THAT THEY GO ON THEIR OWN. HE COULDN’T SPEAK TO THAT. BUT WE KNOW THAT A CIVIL PROCESS OFFICER HAD BEEN SHOT AND THEY CALLED FOR BACKUP. INDEPENDENCE POLICE RESPONDED AND WHEN THEY RESPONDED WHILE THEY WERE RENDERING AID TO THIS OFFICER WHO HAD BEEN SHOT AT, THEY WERE SHOT AS WELL. THAT’S THREE INDEPENDENCE OFFICERS. ONE OF THEM, 35 YEAR OLD CODY ALLEN. HE WAS KILLED. HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THE JACKSON COUNTY CIVIL PROCESS OFFICER, WHO WAS SHOT. HE WAS KILLED AS WELL. THAT’S DREXEL MAC. HE HAS A FIANCE AND ADULT CHILDREN, WE’RE TOLD. NOW, IN ANY CASE, LIKE THIS, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGENCIES RESPONDED, AND WE DO KNOW THEY HAVE THE MALE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY OR WHERE HE WAS FIRING FROM. KCPD AND MSHP BOTH SAID THAT NO ONE ACTUALLY WENT INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND THAT COULD STILL BE THE CASE, RIGHT NOW. SO IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THEY GOT THAT SUSPECT. WE DO KNOW HE HAS MINOR INJURIES, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A HARD DAY FOR ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. BUT CIRCLING BACK TO THAT INVESTIGATION, KCPD LAST, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, SAID THAT THEY ARE TREATING IT AS AN OPERATION 100 AND THAT IS HOW THEY TREAT SITUATIONS. WHEN THEY SAY SOMEONE IS BARRICADED INSIDE OF A HOUSE, THEY DON’T THINK THAT ANYONE IS STILL INSIDE, BUT THEY’RE TRYING TO BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEY SAID WERE THE ONES THAT CALLED 911. THEY HEARD THOSE INITIAL SHOTS FIRED, AND THAT IS WHEN A INDEPENDENCE POLICE RESPONDED. SO THEY ARE DOING THIS ALL OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THEY DON’T THINK ANYONE ELSE IS INSIDE, BUT THEY DON’T WANT TO FIND OUT THE HARD WAY. SO THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO THINK THESE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NEARBY, THEY HEARD THE FIRST SHOOTING AND THEY HEARD THE SECOND SHOOTING. SO LIKELY A GOOD MOVE. THEY DIDN’T GO OUTSIDE TO CHECK WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT STILL AN ONGOING AND ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. JUST DOWN THE ROAD HERE IN INDEPENDENCE. GUYS. HEY, PEYTON, STAND BY THERE FOR JUST JUST A MOMENT AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF VIEWERS JUST TUNING IN, WE HAVE WE HAVE USED THE TERMS OPERATION 100 AND THIS MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION. AND OPERATION 100 IS A FIRM THAT I BELIEVE IS EXCLUSIVE TO THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT’S A FIRM THAT THEY HAVE USED FOR DECADES NOW. IT IS. IT MEANS THAT SPECIAL TRAINED TACTICAL OFFICERS WHO ARE EXPERT IN A VARIETY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AREAS, WILL CONVERGE ON A SCENE. OFTEN THEY WILL BE RESPONDING TO A PERSON WHO HAS BARRICADED IN A HOUSE OR ANY SORT OF OF BUILDING. THEY THESE ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED POLICE OFFICERS AND AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE. AND IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLED UPON THE KCPD AND AND THAT’S WHEN THE KCPD CALLED OUT AN OP 100, AS IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. AND THOSE OFFICERS ARE ARE ON THAT SCENE RIGHT NOW. PEYTON, DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION WHERE THE WORK THAT THESE TACTICAL OFFICERS ARE DOING? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FAR ALONG THEY ARE OR OR WHAT, IF ANY, PROGRESS THEY’VE MADE? WE HAVEN’T HEARD SINCE THAT LAST PRESS PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HAPPENED AROUND 445. SO ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO NOW, WE KNOW THEY’RE DOING THEIR BEST TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. I IMAGINE THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO SPEAK TO ANYONE IF THEY’RE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. I’M SURE THEY’VE GOT ALL OF THE TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT CURRENTLY, AS OF 615 THIS EVENING, WE HAVE NO UPDATE AS TO HOW FAR THIS OPERATION 100 HAS GONE. CHRIS. YEAH, IT’S LIKELY SOMETHING THAT IT WILL LAST AS LONG AS IT WILL LAST. THAT’S USUALLY HOW THESE GO IN MANY CASES. IN AN OP, 100 IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, PERHAPS INVOLVING A BARRICADE INDIVIDUAL, A BARRICADED INDIVIDUAL, UM, PART OF THE TEAM THAT RESPONDS TO A SITUATION LIKE THIS INCLUDES HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR AND AND PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERT AT DEFUZING SITUATIONS AND TALKING PEOPLE OUT OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. BECAUSE PRIORITY ONE FOR ANY TACTICAL OFFICER IN A IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES TO AN END AND IT COMES TO AN END WITH NOBODY HURT. UH, RIGHT. NOW, LET’S GO TO INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE FIND KMBC NINE’S TERESA WHITE AND TERESA. IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS AND BALLOONS FOR THE FALLEN OFFICER CODY ALLEN. I SEE BALLOONS RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. BRYA RIGHT NOW A SMALL MEMORIAL HAS STARTED TO FORM. UM, THERE’S ANOTHER MEMORIAL THAT WE’LL GET TO A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH TWO FLAGS, BUT RIGHT HERE. WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT IS JUST SOME BALLOONS FOR THE OFFICER CODY ALLEN. WE SPOKE WITH ONE LADY WHO LEFT THE BALLOONS, AND SHE SAID THAT HER HER SON IS IN FACT A POLICE OFFICER. AND SHE SAID THE FIRST THING THAT SHE HEARD WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT THE SHOOTING WAS HER SON. AND IT JUST BROUGHT TEARS TO HER, HER EYES. SHE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL AND SAID, SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD TO PICK UP THESE BALLOONS AND LEAVE THESE IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. YOU KNOW, IT’S A IT’S A SAD DAY. WE SPOKE WITH ANOTHER MAN WHO SAID HE’S A VIETNAM VET, AND I’M GOING TO JUST TURN RIGHT HERE. HE LEFT THESE TWO FLAGS RIGHT HERE. HE WAS VISIBLY UPSET AS WELL. HE BEGAN CRYING. HE SAID THAT THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR INDEPENDENCE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST LOST THE TWO OFFICERS IN 2021. SO HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO LEAVE THESE JUST TO SHOW HIS RESPECT. JUST AS A SIGN OF, YOU KNOW, RESPECT, BECAUSE THIS IS A SAD DAY. THIS BRINGS TEARS TO EVERYONE’S EYES. BOTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SPOKE TO GOT VISIBLY EMOTIONAL. AND WE’LL BRING YOU THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LEAVE FLOWERS. THEY’RE STARTING TO LEAVE FLAGS, BALLOONS. I’M CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER TRIBUTES TO OFFICER CODY ALLEN A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE ALSO HEARD THAT THE FLAGS ARE GOING TO BE AT HALF STAFF TONIGHT. WE’RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT TIME THAT’S GOING TO BE, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO COME DOWN RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE AT FULL STAFF, BUT JUST TO PAY RESPECT TO OFFICER CODY ALLEN, THAT’S ALL FROM INDEPENDENCE IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU, BRIA AND CHRIS IN THE STUDIO. WELL, MARISSA, YOU’RE OUTSIDE INDEPENDENCE POLICE HEADQUARTERS THERE OFF THE SQUARE. AND INDEPENDENCE AND I, I HAVE TO BELIEVE, AFTER SEEING YOUR REPORT OUTSIDE AND THE POLICE STATION AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN UP TO NOW, I. I TEND TO THINK THAT IT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE ONE EMOTIONAL SCENE AFTER ANOTHER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT WE SPOKE TO WERE VISIBLY UPSET. I MEAN, TEARS COMING OUT OF THEIR EYES. THE WOMAN THAT WE SPOKE TO THAT LEFT THE BALLOONS. SHE SAID THAT SHE JUST THOUGHT OF HER SON. HER SON IS A POLICE OFFICER. AND SHE SAID SHE HAD TO COME OUT HERE TO PAY THEIR RESPECT. THE MAN TO WHO? WHO LEFT THE TWO FLAGS, HE WAS VISIBLY UPSET. I MEAN, THIS IS A HARD DAY FOR EVERYONE IN INDEPENDENCE, NOT ONLY IN INDEPENDENCE, BUT IN KANSAS CITY AS A WHOLE. WELL, I THINK IT’S INTERESTING, TOO, THAT YOU’RE SEEING NOT JUST PEOPLE WITH OBVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT CONNECTIONS. DOWNS COMING TO THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. BUT BUT PEOPLE WHO AREN’T IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO ARE CITIZENS, WHO ARE TAKING A MOMENT LIKE THIS TO HONOR THE WORK AND THE SACRIFICE OF THESE PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE PEOPLE JUST COMING HERE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE SHOWS THEM SO MUCH RESPECT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO I’M SURE THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE PEOPLE LEAVE THESE TRIBUTES, THE BALLOONS, THE FLOWERS. THERE’S A GROWING MEMORIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE. SOMEONE LEFT SOME FLOWERS. I TWEETED THAT OUT. FLAGS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS YOU KNOW THEY LOVE THEIR POLICE OFFICERS. WE LOVE THEIR OUR POLICE OFFICERS. AND THEY JUST WANT TO SHOW RESPECT. DEROSA. THANK YOU AGAIN, OFFICER CODY ALLEN, 35 YEARS OLD, TWO SMALL CHILDREN, A WIFE, A PUBLIC SERVANT. THE LIST GOES ON. WE HEARD AS POLICE CHIEF TALK ABOUT HOW DEPENDABLE HE WAS AND HOW HE WAS A PERSON THAT THEY COULD RELY ON. SO AN INCREDIBLY HEARTBREAKING STORY THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE. AND AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION, WE WORK TO GATHER MORE DETAILS TO BRING YOU THE LATEST INFO AS WE CONTINUE, LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE TWO OTHER THOSE OTHER OFFICERS THAT WERE INJURED, TWO OF THEM, WHICH ONE HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. SO AT LEAST THAT’S AN UPDATE THAT WE COULD BE HAPPY ABOUT AS WE LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES FROM NEWSCHOPPER 9 THERE ON THE RIGHT OF THE END OF THAT POLICE PROCESSION, THE JACKSON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE LET US TOUCH BASE ONE MORE TIME WITH KMBC NINE’S BRIAN JOHNSON OUTSIDE CENTER POINT MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE THE INJURED WERE TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AND WHERE WE WE HAVE SEEN AND I SUSPECT BRIAN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A HEAVY LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. IT SEEMS TO HAVE A CHECKING BEHIND ME NOW. THERE’S A FEW LEFT, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THEM HAVE GONE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL, GONE HOME, GONE TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OR GONE TO COLLEAGUES. SO IT’S ACTUALLY STARTING TO THIN OUT HERE. THIS IS SUCH A TRAGIC EVENT ON CAUSED BY SOMETHING SENSELESS. OUR RECORDS DEPARTMENT HERE AT CHANNEL NINE, THEY’VE BEEN DIGGING INTO THIS. THE HOME WHERE THIS HAPPENED APPARENTLY WAS PURCHASED THROUGH SOME DELINQUENT LAND SALES LAST YEAR. AND SO THAT SOME BACK TAX ISSUES, THE HOUSE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOLD. AND THAT’S WHAT PERHAPS PROMPTED THE EVICTION NOTICE IS BECAUSE THE CHANGE OF HANDS IN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. FOUR PEOPLE SHOT, TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW REELING WITH ITS THIRD OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN THREE YEARS. AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE GOT VERY EMOTIONAL THIS AFTERNOON CALLING OFFICER CODY ALLEN A HERO. VERY MUCH SO. A UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND OFFICER. AND HE SAID THAT HE RESPONDED WITHOUT HESITATION AND THAT HE IS PROUD OF THE EXAMPLE THAT CODY ALLEN LEFT. AND SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS DEEP LOVE. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THE CHIEF WAS SAYING THAT OFFICER ALLEN IS A HERO. HE DID EXACTLY WHAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE CALLED TO DO. DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM AND HIS SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. UM, HE’S ACTUALLY SERVED IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, FIRST IN GRANDVIEW, AND THEN HE CAME TO US FOR SEVERAL YEARS. UM, HE, UH, IS, UH, 35 YEARS OLD. UH, THAT WAS 35 YEARS OLD. UM, HE, UH, KNOWING OFFICER ALLEN, UH, HE TOOK A JOB IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND REALIZED, LIKE SO MANY OF US, THAT THIS IS INGRAINED IN WHO YOU ARE. UM, SO HE ANSWERED THAT CALL TO COME BACK TO INDEPENDENCE. UM, AND AND, UH, THAT’S NOT LOST ON ME. UM, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY. COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM. WHEN WAS THAT? WHEN DID YOU COME BACK? UH, HE’S BEEN BACK NOW FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY? WIFE, CHILDREN, PARENTS? BOTH. UH, ALL THE ABOVE. SO HE HAS A WIFE? UH, PARENTS? UM. AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN. UM, AND SO, UH, WE JUST ASK FOR PRIVACY FOR THEM. OBVIOUSLY, THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD ADD, UH, YEARS AHEAD. A LIFETIME’S WORK. UH, YOU DON’T EVER FILL THAT VOID. UH, SO, UH, WE WILL STAND WITH THEM. THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM TO SURROUND THEM. UM, AND WE WILL BE THERE. WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. UM, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TODAY IS AN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING DAY. HE, UH, HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE. UM, HE, UH, HE WAS THE GUY THAT WHEN YOU GO ON A CALL, YOU KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE THERE. HE COULD DEFUZE THINGS IN A MOMENT’S NOTICE. HE WAS RIGHT THERE TO BACK YOU UP. UM. UH, THE BEARD THAT HE GREW, UH, WE ALWAYS GAVE HIM. GAVE HIM SOME SOME GRIEF FOR IN THE IN HIS RETURN. UH, BUT ALWAYS HAD THAT SMILE. UM, HE IS, UH, HE IS ONE OF A KIND. HE I
Police officer and course of server killed, 2 harm throughout eviction turned capturing in Independence
The Independence Police Division has confirmed {that a} suspect is in custody following the capturing that additionally injured two different officers
Up to date: 10:33 PM CST Feb 29, 2024
The Independence Police Division has confirmed that one in all its officers and a Jackson County Course of server have been killed — and two extra officers are injured — after a capturing that started throughout an eviction in northeast Independence. Police have recognized the deceased victims as 35-year-old officer Cody Allen and Drexel Mack, a Civil Course of server in his early 40s. An unidentified male suspect is in custody following the lethal incident and is believed to have suffered minor accidents through the deadly alternate, which started round 1:09 p.m. on Thursday at a house situated at 1111 N. Elsea Smith Street.Officer Allen, who had been with the Independence police division for 2 years and a member of legislation enforcement for for much longer, is survived by his spouse, two youngsters and his mother and father. Mack, an worker of the Jackson County courts for 12 years, is survived by his fiancée. The opposite two officers injured within the alternate are usually not being recognized presently. One has severe accidents and each are anticipated to outlive.In accordance with the Missouri State Freeway Patrol, Mack was on the residence serving an eviction discover when somebody from inside the house started capturing at him. Different course of servers on the scene with Mack then referred to as 911 for assist. Concurrently, a 911 name additionally got here in from a neighbor stating that an officer had been shot. In accordance with police, Allen was shot and killed whereas rendering assist to Mack.The opposite responding Independence law enforcement officials have been then shot whereas responding to help the fallen course of server and officer. Tactical officers from quite a few businesses responded to the scene and have been then in a position to take the unidentified suspect into custody.KCPD Capt. Jake Becchina stated a tactical response group remained on the scene and accomplished a tactical operation, which ended round 7:30 p.m. Officers searched the property and located no further folks inside the house. The scene has been launched to the Missouri Freeway Patrol legal investigators. The surviving victims are at present being handled at Centerpoint Medical Middle.The sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court docket of Jackson County, Missouri, confirmed Mack was one in all their course of servers and had served within the function for almost a decade. “We’re devastated {that a} court docket worker, who’s a public servant, was shot by a member of the general public whereas performing their job,” Presiding Choose Jalilah Otto stated. “Our hearts are heavy, and our ideas are with our worker, our complete Court docket household, and the Independence Police Division.” Independence police have additionally confirmed that they’re in mourning.Interim Independence Police Chief Dustman stated Allen labored for the Independence Police Division twice, leaving for the personal sector earlier than returning to the division two years in the past.“He at all times had a smile,” Dustman stated. “He was the man that if you go on a name, you knew he was gonna be there. He might defuse issues in a second’s discover. He was proper there to again you up.” The division has misplaced a number of officers within the line of responsibility over the past a number of years.”We’re simply asking for all of the constructive ideas and prayers,” Independence police spokesperson Kelley Rupert stated shortly after the capturing was confirmed.Quite a few Kansas Metropolis space police departments and Kansas Metropolis Mayor Quinton Lucas have despatched out messages of help following the incident.NewsChopper 9 was overhead as a procession of officers escorted Independence Police Officer Cody Allen’s physique from Centerpoint Medical Middle to the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.Missouri Governor Mike Parson despatched out a social media publish confirming that he was receiving updates relating to the lethal capturing. The scene of the incident was situated close to Fort Osage Excessive Faculty, however the faculty was not concerned. The college district was briefly positioned below a lockdown which was lifted a short while later. Colleges will dismiss as recurrently scheduled. “There is no such thing as a menace to any of our colleges within the space,” Fort Osage Colleges Superintendent Stephanie Smith informed KMBC 9 shortly after lifting the lockdown. The Independence Police Division is the one legislation enforcement company believed to have been on the scene of the preliminary capturing. MSHP and different Kansas Metropolis space businesses are on the scene to help with the investigation. It is a breaking information story, and this text can be up to date with further info as it’s made accessible.
The Independence Police Division has confirmed that one in all its officers and a Jackson County Course of server have been killed — and two extra officers are injured — after a capturing that started throughout an eviction in northeast Independence.
Police have recognized the deceased victims as 35-year-old officer Cody Allen and Drexel Mack, a Civil Course of server in his early 40s.
An unidentified male suspect is in custody following the lethal incident and is believed to have suffered minor accidents through the deadly alternate, which started round 1:09 p.m. on Thursday at a house situated at 1111 N. Elsea Smith Street.
Officer Allen, who had been with the Independence police division for 2 years
and a member of legislation enforcement for for much longer, is survived by his spouse, two youngsters and his mother and father. Mack, an worker of the Jackson County courts for 12 years, is survived by his fiancée.
The opposite two officers injured within the alternate are usually not being recognized presently. One has severe accidents and each are anticipated to outlive.
In accordance with the Missouri State Freeway Patrol, Mack was on the residence serving an eviction discover when somebody from inside the house started capturing at him.
Different course of servers on the scene with Mack then referred to as 911 for assist. Concurrently, a 911 name additionally got here in from a neighbor stating that an officer had been shot.
In accordance with police, Allen was shot and killed whereas rendering assist to Mack.
The opposite responding Independence law enforcement officials have been then shot whereas responding to help the fallen course of server and officer.
Tactical officers from quite a few businesses responded to the scene and have been then in a position to take the unidentified suspect into custody.
KCPD Capt. Jake Becchina stated a tactical response group remained on the scene and accomplished a tactical operation, which ended round 7:30 p.m.
Officers searched the property and located no further folks inside the house.
The scene has been launched to the Missouri Freeway Patrol legal investigators.
The surviving victims are at present being handled at Centerpoint Medical Middle.
The sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court docket of Jackson County, Missouri, confirmed Mack was one in all their course of servers and had served within the function for almost a decade.
“We’re devastated {that a} court docket worker, who’s a public servant, was shot by a member of the general public whereas performing their job,” Presiding Choose Jalilah Otto stated. “Our hearts are heavy, and our ideas are with our worker, our complete Court docket household, and the Independence Police Division.”
Independence police have additionally confirmed that they’re in mourning.
Interim Independence Police Chief Dustman stated Allen labored for the Independence Police Division twice, leaving for the personal sector earlier than returning to the division two years in the past.
“He at all times had a smile,” Dustman stated. “He was the man that if you go on a name, you knew he was gonna be there. He might defuse issues in a second’s discover. He was proper there to again you up.”
The division has misplaced a number of officers within the line of responsibility over the past a number of years.
“We’re simply asking for all of the constructive ideas and prayers,” Independence police spokesperson Kelley Rupert stated shortly after the capturing was confirmed.
Quite a few Kansas Metropolis space police departments and Kansas Metropolis Mayor Quinton Lucas have despatched out messages of help following the incident.
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NewsChopper 9 was overhead as a procession of officers escorted Independence Police Officer Cody Allen’s physique from Centerpoint Medical Middle to the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson despatched out a social media publish confirming that he was receiving updates relating to the lethal capturing.
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The scene of the incident was situated close to Fort Osage Excessive Faculty, however the faculty was not concerned. The college district was briefly positioned below a lockdown which was lifted a short while later. Colleges will dismiss as recurrently scheduled.
“There is no such thing as a menace to any of our colleges within the space,” Fort Osage Colleges Superintendent Stephanie Smith informed KMBC 9 shortly after lifting the lockdown.
The Independence Police Division is the one legislation enforcement company believed to have been on the scene of the preliminary capturing. MSHP and different Kansas Metropolis space businesses are on the scene to help with the investigation.
It is a breaking information story, and this text can be up to date with further info as it’s made accessible.