KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal officer involved shooting in Kansas City on Sunday have identified the man who died as 31-year-old Zachary James Garrard.
The shooting occurred just before 10p.m. at a gas station located near Prospect and 55th Street, according to the MSHP.
Garrard then accelerated forward striking an officer and patrol vehicle. Officers fired their service weapon striking the Garrard. EMS transported him to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
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KANSAS CITY (AP) — Kansas City police shot and killed a man who he sped toward an officer in a stolen sport utility vehicle and struck a police van, authorities said.
The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. Sunday after officers spotted the unoccupied SUV in a gas station parking lot, said Sgt. Bill Lowe, a spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which is investigating the shooting.
Lowe said police approached the man after he exited the store. He accelerated backward and then drove forward toward one of the officers, Lowe said.
Lowe said the officer dived out of the way and that the SUV struck the police van before officers opened fire.
Lowe said the driver was declared dead at a hospital. His name wasn't immediately released. The patrol is reviewing video from the gas station and police body camera footage, as well as interviewing witnesses.