A 34 -year -old Kansas sheriff assistant was killed on Saturday when he was killed when he responded to a call for domestic violence, the authorities announced.
Elijah Ming, a sheriff assistant from the County of Wyandotte, was slaughtered while he was approaching a house in Kansas City, Kansas, after a woman, concerned about her own security, asked a deputy to accompany her when she left the residence, officials said. Before the shooting, the woman informed the police that a man with a firearm inside the house threatened her and her friends when she tried to move, according to officials.
“MP Ming gave his life to the service of the county of Wyandotte and all its residents,” said the sheriff of the county of Wyandotte, Daniel Soptic, also said at a press conference, also noting that Ming was a 9 -year -old veteran from the Sheriff’s Bureau of Wyandotte.
Elijah Ming, 34, assistant to the Sheriff of the County of Wyandotte, was fatally killed on July 26, 2025 by a shooter while he was responding to a call for domestic violence in Kansas City, Kansas, the authorities announced.
Sheriff’s Bureau of Wyandotte County
The shooting took place around 3:45 p.m. Saturday in the southwest of Kansas City, according to Karl Oakman chief of the Kansas City police department.
MP Ming and a Kansas City police officer went to the home to help the woman move when a man inside opened fire without warning, hitting Ming, said Oakman. Kansas City police officer was not injured, he said.
Other officers ran at home when he heard about the shooting, according to Oakman.
“While Kansas City, Kansas, the police service replied, the individual continued to shoot the officers who replied, who then turned fire,” said Oakman.
Oakman said the suspect later identified by the police as 38 years, Shawn Harris, had been injured during the shooting and retired to the house, where he barricaded himself.
Police negotiators spent about an hour talking to Harris on the phone before going, Oakman said.
Harris was taken to the hospital to be treated, said Oakman, and was listed in good condition on Saturday evening.
After visiting the Ming family at the hospital, the mayor of Kansas City, Tyrone Gardner, asked the community to pray for them. “There are no words or comfort that can never facilitate the pain of losing someone you like for insane violence,” said Gardner.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation conducts the investigation into the shooting and will present its conclusions to the Office of the Wyandotte County District District to decide what accusations of deposit against the suspect, according to officials.
