Officer, suspect die in Kansas shootout

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A shootout in Kansas left both a police officer and a hit-and-run suspect dead, authorities said.

Overland Park police Officer Mike Mosher died at a hospital Sunday night, Police Chief Frank Donchez said. Mosher was off-duty but in uniform when he saw an apparent hit-andrun and pursued the suspect, which led to a shootout, police spokesman Officer John Lacy told news outlets.

The suspect died at the scene, Donchez said. Police didn’t immediately release a name. An inter-agency Johnson County team tasked with investigating police shootings will handle the case, the police chief said.

Police didn’t immediately say what led to the exchange of gunfire.

Mosher had been with the Overland Park department for nearly 15 years and was named officer of the year in 2019. He is survived by a wife and daughter.

The police department had not lost an officer in the line of duty since 1985, news outlets reported Lacy said.

Overland Park is near the Missouri state line and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

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