06-15-2018, 05:57 PM
Kansas
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Wyandotte County sheriff deputy ^ Patrick Rohrer, 35, has died and another deputy is in critical condition at the University of Kansas Hospital after both were shot Friday morning as they transported an inmate for a hearing at the Wyandotte County Correctional and Court Services building.
Rohrer had been with the department for seven years. Rest in Peace. The identity of a female deputy who was also shot was not disclosed; hoping she pulls through.
Officials described a terrifying scenario in which a suspect may have obtained a gun from the deputies and shot them as they got the suspect out of the van and prepared to bring the suspect into the court services building.
"When they pulled into the parking lot ready to transport these inmates they (the deputies) were overcome," said Wyandotte County Sheriff's spokeswoman Kelli Bailiff during an afternoon press conference at the University of Kansas Hospital. "It is very possible that with their own firearm they were shot."
An unidentified suspect was also shot and transported to a hospital. The suspect's condition was unknown.
The shooting happened in a gated portion of the back parking lot of the court services building. The Wyandotte County Correction and Court Services building, which is immediately north of the Wyandotte County Courthouse, is used for juvenile courts, community corrections and also has two criminal courtrooms.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/cri...rylink=cpy
Wyandotte County sheriff deputy ^ Patrick Rohrer, 35, has died and another deputy is in critical condition at the University of Kansas Hospital after both were shot Friday morning as they transported an inmate for a hearing at the Wyandotte County Correctional and Court Services building.
Rohrer had been with the department for seven years. Rest in Peace. The identity of a female deputy who was also shot was not disclosed; hoping she pulls through.
Officials described a terrifying scenario in which a suspect may have obtained a gun from the deputies and shot them as they got the suspect out of the van and prepared to bring the suspect into the court services building.
"When they pulled into the parking lot ready to transport these inmates they (the deputies) were overcome," said Wyandotte County Sheriff's spokeswoman Kelli Bailiff during an afternoon press conference at the University of Kansas Hospital. "It is very possible that with their own firearm they were shot."
An unidentified suspect was also shot and transported to a hospital. The suspect's condition was unknown.
The shooting happened in a gated portion of the back parking lot of the court services building. The Wyandotte County Correction and Court Services building, which is immediately north of the Wyandotte County Courthouse, is used for juvenile courts, community corrections and also has two criminal courtrooms.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/cri...rylink=cpy