An officer with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department died Tuesday
after he was shot in his car as he approached people matching the
description of suspects in an earlier shooting. Identified as Captain Robert Melton, 46, it was also revealed
that he had been with the Police department for 17 years.
According to
reports, someone called 911 at around 1:30 p.m
to say multiple people were firing at them from a car and Neighbors in
the area confirmed that they heard 15 to 20 shots. When Melton arrived
and pursued the car in a chase, the suspects bailed from the
vehicle and opened fire, striking Melton.
Another officer who
arrived the scene called for assistance and he was rushed to the
hospital. However Dr. James Howard of the University of Kansas Hospital
said Melton had no blood pressure or pulse when he arrived. Doctors and
nurses tried for 30 minutes to revive Melton before he was pronounced
dead. His death is the second for the Kansas Police department in two months.
Officer-involved shootings and attacks have been in the forefront in
recent weeks with the killing of cops in Baton Rouge and Dallas.
