KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers shot and killed a suspect connected to a shooting at a tavern that left one dead and two injured early Sunday in a Kansas City, Kansas.
The incident happened late Tuesday evening in Platte County.
According to the Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen, before the shooting, the Kansas City, Kansas, man, identified as 26-year-old Mekiah D. Harris led police on a chase that stretched into parts of Kansas and Missouri.
The chase started at around 9:15 p.m. in KCMO.
Officers spotted the 26-year-old suspect and began to pursue him before a chase began.
Eventually, the chase made its way onto Interstate 435 in Kansas.
The suspect drove the wrong way on I-435 through Kansas until he crashed near Platte County. No one was injured in the chase.
He then made his way into a neighborhood and a standoff ensued.
Eventually, KCPD officers and MSHP troopers shot and killed the man.
The Platte County Sheriff's Office will lead the investigation.
Owen said the suspect had a warrant out for his arrest for one count of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery, according to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
KCKPD identified the victim in Sunday's shooting as Michael A. Rehard. Police say the other two victims in the shooting remain hospitalized and are expected to recover.
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