JOHNSON COUNTY —The Johnson County Officer Involved Shooting Investigation Team has released the name of the deceased suspect in Sunday's fatal shooting of Officer Mike Mosher.
Mosher was shot during an incident in the 3800 Block of West 123rd Street in Overland Park. EMS transported Mosher to a local hospital where he died.
According to the Investigation team by 38-year-old Phillip Michael Carney was also involved in the incident and died at the scene.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas say a shootout has left both a police officer and a hit-and-run suspect dead.
Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez says Officer Mike Mosher died at a hospital Sunday. A police spokesman says Mosher was off-duty but in uniform when he saw an apparent hit-and-run and pursued the suspect.
A shootout ensued. The suspect died at the scene and hasn't been identified. Police didn't immediately say what led to the exchange of gunfire. Mosher had been with the Overland Park department for nearly 15 years. News outlets report the department hadn't lost an officer in the line of duty since 1985.