35-year-old man shot, killed by KCMO police after allegedly firing on officers

UPDATE, April 28, 9:10 a.m. | The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the man shot and killed Sunday by Kansas City, Missouri, police as 35-year-old Alejandro Landen-Ramirez, of KCMO.

ORIGINAL STORY | A male subject was shot and killed by Kansas City, Missouri, police Sunday night after he allegedly opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, KCPD officers responded around 7:50 p.m. to a domestic disturbance call involving a weapon in the 5700 block of St. John Avenue.

As police responded, an MSHP spokesperson said officers were told about a potentially armed subject inside a vehicle in front of the address.

The spokesperson said when officers contacted the subject in the vehicle around 7:56 p.m., the subject fled from officers and ran toward the front porch of a home, where the male subject allegedly opened fire on officers.

Officers returned fire and struck the subject.

The spokesperson said officers provided aid to the subject, who was later pronounced deceased on the scene.

The spokesperson said police recovered a handgun at the scene.

No officers were injured.

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