A Kansas City, Kansas, officer who was shot in the arm in an incident on Tuesday afternoon has been released from the hospital, according to an update from the Olathe Police Department.
The Olathe Police Department is the host agency for an investigation being conducted by the Johnson County Multi-Jurisdictional Officer Involved Shooting Investigation Team.
According to a news release Wednesday from the OISIT, the officer was following up a case about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at West 47th and Conser St., Overland Park. On Tuesday, a KCK police spokesman stated that the officer had been in pursuit of a suspect in a hit-and-run case.
The officer contacted the suspect and an exchange of gunfire ensued, according to the news release. During the incident, the officer was struck by gunfire in the arm and ballistic vest, according to the report.
The suspect was described as a male with brown hair who fled the scene in a tan passenger car, the report stated. The officer was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
This OISIT team is involved because the incident took place on the Overland Park side of the Wyandotte – Johnson County border. The same street is County Line Road in Wyandotte County and West 47th Street in Johnson County.
In Wyandotte County the location was South 39th and County Line Road, and the same intersection on the Johnson County side is Conser and West 47th.
Anyone with information about the incident was encouraged to call Olathe police at 913-971-6950 or the TIPS hotline at 816-474-8477.