KCKPD officer stabs man who tried to take officer's gun during struggle Tuesday in business parking lot

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A KCKPD officer stabbed a man numerous times Tuesday as the two men fought over man's attempts to take the officer's gun from his gun belt. Another officer used his baton on the man and he gave up.

Officers spotted the man, 47-year-old Roberto Pineda, 47, of KCK, about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday in a vehicle in the parking lot of a business in the 2900 block of State Avenue, according to a news release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Pineda was wanted by police for fleeing a traffic stop just after midnight on Sept. 29. Pineda allegedly ran over a KCK police officer's foot as he made his escape.

After giving Pineda orders to get out of the vehicle Tuesday afternoon, he ran from the officers before the fight over the officer's gun began.

The officer suffered a broken hand in the fight.

Pineda was treated at a hospital and is expected to survive his wounds, according to the KBI.

The investigation continues into Pineda's actions at the traffic stops early Tuesday and Tuesday afternoon.

No charges have been filed in the case as of late Tuesday night.

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