A shooting suspect was arrested at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday in Bonner Springs, according to a news release from the Bonner Springs Police Department.
Bonner Springs and Kansas City, Missouri, police officers worked together to find the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash on Jan. 8 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a Bonner police spokesman.
The suspect also was wanted for a shooting that occurred in Kansas City, Kansas, the spokesman stated.
After the suspect was located in a residence in the 200 block of North Park Avenue, Bonner Springs, officers from Bonner Springs were able to talk the suspect into surrendering and exiting the home without incident, the Bonner Springs spokesman stated.
The suspect, Yucasante Oropeza, a 20-year-old, was taken into custody for the shooting and on other felony warrants, the spokesman stated, and was taken to the Wyandotte County Jail.