Overview

• Deputy Elijah Ming, a nine-year veteran of the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, was shot and later died after responding to a civil standby request during a domestic violence call in Kansas City, Kansas.
• Suspect Shawn Harris, 38, was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with officers and then barricaded himself inside the home for about an hour before surrendering.
• Harris was released from the hospital on July 27 and is now held without bond on capital murder charges for the killing of a law enforcement officer.
• The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has taken over the case and will forward its findings to the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office for potential formal charges.
• Local and state leaders, including Sen. Jerry Moran and Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Tyrone Garner, have publicly mourned Ming’s death and offered support to his family and fellow officers.