KANSAS CITY — Police say charges likely won’t be filed against a juvenile who was in a vehicle with a man suspected of wounding three police officers during a shootout in Kansas City.
Kansas City police spokesman Jacob Becchina said Monday that the juvenile isn’t suspected of any crimes in the Sunday shootings that left the suspected gunman dead.
Investigators say the man fired at officers outside a motel and later at a nearby home. Police say he was fatally wounded when officers returned fire at the second location. Police say the officers suffered wounds that weren’t life threatening and expressed thanks Monday for the community’s “thoughts and prayers.”
The juvenile was taken into custody Sunday when police found a vehicle believed to belong to the man, who fled the scene.
The man’s name hasn’t been released, but police have said he was under surveillance by officers investigating the shooting death of 25-year-old Sharath Koppu. The master’s degree student from India was fatally shot during a robbery while working at a Kansas City restaurant.
