A person killed overnight in Platte City by police after a multi-county pursuit and standoff was the suspect in an early-morning homicide Sunday at a tavern in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department spokesman.
Mekiah D. Harris, 26, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, was killed after the pursuit and standoff in Platte City.
He was the suspect in an early-morning homicide Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas, police stated. The victim of the homicide, Michael A. Rehard, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, died on Sunday morning at the tavern location, according to authorities.
A spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department said KCK officers were not involved in the pursuit or the standoff on Wednesday.
A warrant had been issued for Harris on Tuesday morning for one count of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery, according to KCK police.
Two other victims of the Sunday morning shooting on North 6th Street were taken to the hospital, police stated. Both remain hospitalized, but are expected to recover, police said.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office will lead an investigation into the police-involved shooting, according to the KCK police spokesman.