Wyandotte County Shooting (U.S)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2018-06-16

On Friday, June 15, 2018, Wyandotte County Deputy Patrick Rohrer was killed & another deputy shot by a suspect named Antoine Fielder, a prisoner they were transporting to a court hearing at the Wyandotte County courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Major Kelli Bailiff with the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office said at 11:30am two deputies were transporting inmates to court, they pulled into the parking lot, ready to transport, & they were overcome, Major Kelli Bailiff said it's possible the two deputies were shot with their own guns, the suspect was also shot & taken to the hospital in an unknown condition.

"When they pulled into the parking lot ready to transport these inmates they (the deputies) were overcome," said Wyandotte County sheriff's spokeswoman Kelli Bailiff, Antoine Fielder is suspected of fatally shooting one Wyandotte County Deputy & critically injuring another. 

The suspected shooter is Antoine Fielder, booking information shows that Fielder has a jury trial for robbery charges coming up on July 30, he’s also been charged with murder, assault & armed criminal action in a December 2017 shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, Fielder has also been charged with two counts of tampering with a witness, prosecutors alleged that threats to witnesses contributed to two hung juries in a 2015 murder case.

The shooting happened in a gated portion of the back parking lot of the court services building, the Wyandotte County Correction & Court Services building, which is immediately north of the Wyandotte County Courthouse, is used for juvenile courts, community corrections & also has two criminal courtrooms, John Garcia witness to the shooting & aftermath at the Wyandotte County courthouse said he heard shots fired & saw wounded deputies being attended to by emergency personnel, he saw one deputy that appeared to have injuries to the chest & another deputy that had a wound to the head.  

Video footage shows officers escorting the body of fallen Wyandotte County Deputy Patrick Rohrer to the coroners office at around 4:00pm, Deputy Patrick Rohrer, 35, was killed in the line of duty, he served Wyandotte County for 7 years, his fellow deputy is still at fighting for her life, the identity of a female deputy who had been shot was not disclosed.

Kansas City Police @kcpolice said: "To our brothers & sisters at Wyandotte County Sheriff's Dept, we are here for you, we grieve with you, we stand ready to assist you, may you have peace & comfort in these horrible circumstances as we all reflect on how dangerous but how needed the #ThinBlueLine is."

The Kansas City Royals @Royals baseball team plan to hold a moment of silence in honor of Wyandotte County Deputy Patrick Rohrer at tonight's game against the Houston Astros @astros.

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Source: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article213260329.html
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Source: https://www.kshb.com/news/region-kansas/wyandotte-county/2-wyandotte-county-sheriffs-deputies-shot-conditions-unknown
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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/15/us/deputies-shot-wyandotte-county-kansas/index.html

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