Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating reports of a shooting near 10th and Pacific.
According to a police spokesman, officers were flagged down about 5:53 p.m. April 17 outside the Wyandotte County Jail by the victim of a shooting.
The victim, a man in his 20s, told officers that he was driving in the area of North 10th and Pacific when an unknown person began shooting at his vehicle from another vehicle, according to the spokesman.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating.
Police asked anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree Sr. today announced that charges were being filed against a school resource officer in Kansas City, Kansas. (Staff photo)
Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree Sr. today filed three felony charges against a school resource officer in Kansas City, Kansas, accused of aggravated indecent liberties against children.
Michael Eugene English Sr., age 57, a school resource officer with the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools Police Department, was charged with lewd fondling or touching three children between 14 and 16 years old, according to the district attorney.
If convicted, English would face a maximum sentence of 172 months, according to Dupree.
The Kansas City, Kansas, school district has its own police department, which English joined in 2015, according to Dupree. Before then, he was a security guard with the school district, according to the district attorney’s office.
Dupree said English had not yet been taken into custody, as of 4 p.m. Thursday. He said English was on administrative leave currently.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department became involved when a person called them about it March 21, then they began to investigate, he said. He added the investigation is ongoing.
A police spokesman earlier sent out a news release that there were search warrants being served at Kansas City, Kansas, middle schools, in connection with this investigation.
Dupree said law enforcement officers in Wyandotte County are working to make sure that the community is safe and that anyone who violates the law, including officers, will be brought to justice.
“There is nobody above the law, and nobody is going to hide anything from anyone,” Dupree said.
He said it was important for persons to know that they can call police, and that the district attorney would pursue justice regardless of who it is. He asked residents to come forward to the police with information if a crime is being committed.
Some information was not disclosed because juveniles are involved in this case, according to the district attorney. Authorities did not release the name of the school where English worked.
Dupree said he believes there is probable cause to charge English, and added that English is innocent until proven guilty.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools have been named as a recipient of the 2017 Challenge Awards by the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.
The awards recognize Kansas schools that are making a notable difference in student achievement despite facing significant challenges in their school population.
Since its inception in 2002, more than 1,500 awards have been presented to schools across the state.
Award winners in Wyandotte County include:
Fourth-grade math:
Emerson Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500.
John Fiske Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500.
Fifth-grade math:
Emerson Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500.
Eighth-grade math:
Argentine Middle School, Kansas City USD 500.
Coronado Middle School, Kansas City USD 500.
Sumner Academy of Arts and Science, Kansas City USD 500.
Fourth-grade reading:
New Stanley Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500.
Fifth-grade reading:
Noble Prentis Elementary School, Kansas City USD 500.
Eighth-grade reading:
Sumner Academy of Arts and Science, Kansas City USD 500.
Tenth-grade reading:
Sumner Academy of Arts and Science, Kansas City USD 500.
For more information, visit http://www.ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/News-Room/confidence-in-kansas-public-education-task-force-announces-challenge-award-recipients-3.
