Kansas deputy fatally shot by suspect barricaded in house: sheriff

A Kansas sheriff's deputy was killed in the line of duty on Saturday afternoon after responding to a call at a home Deputy Elijah Ming was shot by a man who had barricaded himself inside the residence and opened fire a Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office media release reported stating that deputies had responded to a call for a civil standy Ming who had worked for the agency for nearly nine years was taken to a hospital where he later died About one and a half hours after police which included the Kansas City Kansas police department were called to the scene the suspect exited the house and was taken into custody SOUTH CAROLINA DEPUTY SHOT AND KILLED IN AMBUSH SHERIFF SAYSThe suspect was identified as Shawn Harris of Kansas City Kansas by local KSHB Our prayers compassion and heartfelt condolences are with Deputy Ming s family friends and the entire Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office a Unified Leadership of Wyandotte County and Kansas City KS Facebook post declared which shared a picture of the fallen deputy SPORTS REPORTER GUNNED DOWN IN ROAD-RAGE SHOOTING ON INTERSTATE POLICE SAYSheriff Daniel Soptic solicited that everyone be respectful of Ming's family and for prayers for his family the department and the neighborhood for the loss during a press conference on Saturday night Wyandotte Mayor Tyrone Garner stated he met with Ming's wife and other members of his family at the hospital There are no words or comfort that can ever ease the pain of losing someone you love to senseless violence he commented The Kansas Bureau of Study is looking into what happened