Man dead after pointing handgun at Police in Johnson County

Posted: January 18, 2013 - 8:47pm
Updated: January 18, 2013 - 11:58pm

Olathe Police say they were called to the area of E. Santa Fe Street and N. Clairborne Road at 7:47 p.m., Friday after a report of a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes.

Officers arrived to discover that the wrong way vehicle had struck the center median and fled the scene. A trail of car parts, vehicle fluids, and other evidence led officers to the parking lot of the Dollar General Store at 112 N. Clairborne Road where the vehicle had possibly been involved in another accident. The suspect vehicle was now unoccupied.

Police entered the Dollar General Store where they were confronted by a man who pointed a handgun at an officer. The officer shot the armed man. Johnson County Med-Act and Olathe Fire personnel pronounced the man dead at the scene. The officer was not injured.

No other injuries were reported. Several other media outlets falsely reported that there was a second person shot. Olathe Police confirm that there was only one person shot and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

As standard procedure, the officer involved is now on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the Johnson County Multi-Jurisdictional Officer Involved Shooting Team. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477 (TIPS).

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Teenager shot by Deputy during disturbance

Posted: December 23, 2011 - 9:57am
Updated: December 23, 2011 - 3:23pm

The Miami County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a Deputy involved shooting occurred Friday morning.

Shortly before 9:30 a.m., Miami County Sheriff's Deputies were called to an address in the 31000 block of west 287th Street in Stanton Township, an area approximately five miles west of Paola. The calling party reported some type of disturbance at the address.

Two Deputies arrived to investigate and were confronted by a 15-year-old male with a pick ax, according to a source familiar with the incident, the teenager threw a pick ax at one of the patrol vehicles. One of the Deputies reportedly shot the teenager in the upper thigh, after the juvenile attacked the Deputies with a baseball bat. The juvenile's injuries were said to be serious and he was transported by Miami County EMS to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

The involved Sheriff's Deputies were also treated for minor injuries, with the Deputy who was struck by the pick ax, being transported to an area hospital for evaluation. The other Deputy refused EMS transport from the scene.

A LifeFlight Eagle Helicopter was dispatched to respond to the scene for transport of the male juvenile. That transport was cancelled shortly after Miami County EMS units arrived on the scene.

The Miami County Sheriff's Office advises that the incident is under investigation and they would not currently comment on the status of, or circumstances, surrounding their investigation.

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Leawood Officer Involved Shooting investigation

Posted: November 20, 2011 - 3:40am

Updated: November 21, 2011 - 3:26pm 

Leawood Police are investigating after shots were fired on a traffic stop.

Police say an officer stopped a white 2005 Ford Mustang on the exit ramp from eastbound Interstate 435 to State Line Road at 3:17 a.m.. While on that traffic stop a second vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, pulled in front of the Mustang. The officer walked up to the Malibu to see why they had stopped, at that time a second officer had arrived on scene and witnessed a subject in the Mustang toss a gun out of the window. That officer alerted the first officer, to the gun, who then saw the Mustang driving towards him. The officer opened fire on the fleeing Mustang. Police are not releasing how many shots were fired at the vehicle as this is a continuing investigation.

It was initially not known if the driver of the vehicle was struck. Just before 7 a.m., Police say that a male matching the description of the Mustang's driver has shown up at Truman Medical Center, near 23rd and Holmes in Kansas City, Missouri, with a gunshot wound. This man has been identified as, 32-year-old, Adrian M. Hopper of Wichita, Kansas. Hopper remains in an area hospital and is expected to survive his injuries. The 2005 Ford Mustang was located by Police in Grandview, Missouri.

No other injuries were reported. The officer who fired the shots has been placed on routine administrative leave while the incident is investigated.

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Deputy involved shooting leaves 1 dead

Posted: October 13, 2011 - 8:03pm
Updated: October 14, 2011 - 5:10am

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal, officer involved shooting that occurred around 7:30 p.m. at 238 North Keeler Street in Olathe.

Several witnesses claim to have watched the events that led up to the shooting. At this time, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office will only say that a Deputy did shoot a person to death. No Deputies were injured.

A News Release from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office states that a Deputy observed a vehicle facing the wrong way on Buchanan Street. The Deputy stopped to investigate and one person fled on foot. A second deputy encountered this male subject a short time later in the 200 block of Keeler. During this encounter the deputy fired his weapon and the suspect was struck. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Both deputies involved in this incident were not injured.

Early Friday morning, Investigators have identified 46-year-old Matthew White as the man who was shot to death by a Deputy.

According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, White served time incarcerated for Aggravated Battery causing great bodily harm and Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer. He was paroled on July 15, 2011 and remained under supervision by Johnson County. He was categorized as a "High" Supervision Level




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