KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a suspect fleeing a scene.
Officers with the KCK Police Department were dispatched Tuesday morning to the 600 block of Stewart Avenue on a reported disturbance.
While on scene, police worked to gain information from multiple individuals involved in the disturbance. One person fled the scene in a vehicle and struck a KCKPD officer who was on foot.
The officer was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police located the vehicle shortly after across the state line in Kansas City, Missouri, and the suspect was arrested by KCMO police.
The KCKPD Major Case Unit is investigating the case.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
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