Officer-involved shooting reported in 2700 block of Wood

One person is dead after an overnight officer-involved shooting in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Officers with the police department were investigating a stolen vehicle in the 2700 block of Wood shortly after midnight when they encountered a suspicious vehicle parked in the area, the spokesman stated.

Upon inspection they saw a single occupant, an adult white male unresponsive with drug paraphernalia and a handgun, according to the spokesman.

Officers with protective shields tried to make contact with the individual, who then opened fire on them, the spokesman stated.

Officers returned fire and retreated, according to the spokesman.

The KCK police special operations unit then determined the individual was deceased, according to the spokesman.

Detectives with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department and the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office are investigating.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS, the spokesman stated.

Final unofficial results in Wyandotte County show support for Democrats

Final unofficial results from the Wyandotte County Election office showed strong support for Democratic candidates with a large turnout of 36.67 percent.

According to one voter, there was a problem with getting the long ballots to be read by the vote counting machines. A folk or crease was preventing it from being read, but by creasing it the votes were read.

For U.S. Representative, 3rd District, incumbent Democrat Sharice Davids received 7,438 votes in Wyandotte County to challenger Amanda L. Adkins, 4,599.

In the entire 3rd District, with 53 precincts not in yet, Davids was leading by 157,103, or 55 percent, to Adkins’ 120,183, or 42 percent.

For U.S. Representative, 2nd District, Democratic challenger Patrick Schmidt received 14,142 votes in Wyandotte County to incumbent Rep. Jake LaTurner’s 6,529.

District-wide, with 259 precincts out, incumbent LaTurner had 55 percent of the vote to Schmidt’s 45.

In Wyandotte County, former Mayor Mark Holland received 20,136 votes to Republican incumbent Jerry Moran, who received 12,099.

For the U.S. Senate, Holland received 38 percent of the vote to Moran’s 500,498, with 853 precincts not reporting.

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly received 22,708 votes in Wyandotte County to Republican Derek Schmidt’s 9,901.

Statewide, Kelly had 51 percent to Schmidt’s 46 percent, with many precincts still out.

For state representative, 31st District, Louis Ruiz, incumbent Democrat, received 3,105 votes to Republican Dennis Grindel’s 1,117.

For state representative, 32nd District, incumbent Democrat Pam Currtis received 1,776 votes.

For state representative, 33rd District, Republican Mike Thompson received 3,248 votes to Bill Hutton’s 2,868.

For state representative, 34th District, incumbent Democrat Valdenia Winn received 2,471 votes to Republican Pepe Cabrera’s 637.

For state representative, 35th District, Democrat Marvin Robinson received 3,159 votes to Republican Sam Stillwell’s 791.

For state representative, 36th District, Democrat Lynn Melton received 4,770 votes to Republican Kevn Braun’s 2,924.

For state representative, 37th District, Democrat Melissa Oropeza received 2,870 vots to Republican Diane Whittington’s 1,801.

For the Wyandotte County portion of the State Board of Education, 1st District, Democrat Jeffrey Howards received 3,335 votes to Republican Danny Zeck’s 2,771.

For Wyandotte County results, see www.wycovotes.org.

For statewide results, see www.kssos.org.

Election results may change in the future as mail ballots arrive at the election office.