KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three Kansas City police officers were shot and wounded while executing a search warrant, prompting a standoff at a home early Wednesday, authorities said.
The tactical response team officers had begun to breach a door around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when they were fired upon, Kansas City police Chief Stacey Graves told reporters outside a hospital.
The officers returned fire and were taken to the hospital, where they were in non-life-threatening condition, Graves said.
Two people came out of the house between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. and were taken into custody, said Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman Andy Bell. Their names weren't immediately released and no charges have been filed yet.
Bell said law enforcement remained outside the house Wednesday morning while trying to determine whether anyone else was still inside.
"We’re trying to get robotics or drones or any any technology to take a look inside the house before we would ask an officer to go inside the house because last time an officer went inside the house three officers got shot," he said.
He said the case started as a federal drug investigation. The patrol said the Jackson County Drug Task Force, which works with federal agencies, requested the assistance of the Kansas City SWAT team to serve the search warrant.
The officers had announced that they were police before trying to enter the home, Graves said.
“They are highly trained, good men,” Graves said of the wounded officers. “And, you know, we’re just so thankful tonight that each one of them, I was able to to physically talk to them.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three Kansas City police officers were shot and wounded while executing a search warrant, prompting a standoff at a home early Wednesday, authorities said.
The tactical response team officers had begun to breach a door around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when they were fired upon, Kansas City police Chief Stacey Graves told reporters outside a hospital.
The officers returned fire and were taken to the hospital, where they were in non-life-threatening condition, Graves said.
The chief said no one was immediately taken into custody and it wasn't immediately clear whether more than one person in the home fired shots.
The Independence Police Department took over the law enforcement response at the home Tuesday night, Graves said.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said on Twitter early Wednesday that it was relieving the Independence department after providing assistance overnight. The Highway Patrol said the standoff was continuing as of 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The Jackson County Drug Task Force had requested assistance from Kansas City police to serve the search warrant, the Highway Patrol tweeted earlier.
The officers had announced that they were police before trying to enter the home, Graves said.
“They are highly trained, good men,” Graves said of the wounded officers. “And, you know, we’re just so thankful tonight that each one of them, I was able to to physically talk to them.”
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KANSAS CITY —Three Kansas City police officers were wounded on Tuesday, according to KCPD and Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Just after 9:30p.m. the officers were attempting to serve a search warrant at a home in the 2300 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard when someone fired shots, according to Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.
The officers were hospitalized and are expected to survive, according to Graves. Police have not reported an arrest and released no additional details early Wednesday.
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