A 34-year-old Kansas sheriff’s deputy was killed on Saturday when he was shot whereas responding to a home violence name, authorities mentioned.
Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming was gunned down as he approached a house in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, after a lady, involved for her personal security, requested a deputy to accompany her as she moved out of the residence, officers mentioned. Previous to the capturing, the lady knowledgeable police {that a} man with a gun inside the home had earlier threatened her and her pals when she first tried to maneuver out, in accordance with officers.
“Deputy Ming gave his life serving Wyandotte County and all of its residents,” Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic mentioned at a information convention on Saturday, additionally noting that Ming was a 9-year veteran of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming, 34, was fatally shot on July 26, 2025, by a gunman whereas responding to a home violence name in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, authorities mentioned.
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The capturing occurred at round 3:45 p.m. on Saturday in southwest Kansas Metropolis, in accordance with Chief Karl Oakman of the Kansas Metropolis Police Division.
Deputy Ming and an officer from the Kansas Metropolis Police Division went to the house to help the lady transfer when a person inside opened fireplace on them with out warning, hanging Ming, Oakman mentioned. The Kansas Metropolis Police officer was not injured, he mentioned.
Different officers raced to the home upon listening to of the capturing, in accordance with Oakman.
“Because the Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, Police Division was responding, the person continued to fireplace on the responding officers, who then returned fireplace,” Oakman mentioned.
Oakman mentioned the suspect, later recognized by regulation enforcement as 38-year-old Shawn Harris, was wounded within the gunfight and retreated again into the house, the place he barricaded himself.
Police negotiators spent about an hour speaking to Harris over the cellphone earlier than he surrendered, Oakman mentioned.
Harris was taken to a hospital to be handled, Oakman mentioned, and was listed in good situation as of Saturday evening.
After visiting with Ming’s household on the hospital, Kansas Metropolis Mayor Tyrone Gardner requested that the neighborhood to hope for them. “There aren’t any phrases or consolation that may ever ease the ache of shedding somebody you like to mindless violence,” mentioned Gardner.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is main the probe into the capturing and can current its findings to the Wyandotte County District Lawyer’s Workplace to determine what prices to file in opposition to the suspect, in accordance with officers.
