Kansas
Missouri police officer, process server killed in shooting, reports say
Law enforcement responds to the shooting scene (WDAF image via FOX)
Two police officers and a process server were injured in a shooting outside Kansas City on Thursday. Two of them reportedly did not survive.
The shootings happened around 1 p.m. in the town of Independence, Missouri, a suburb with about 122,000 residents. The police department said in a Facebook post that there were reports of shots fired near a residence.
A spokesperson for the Independence Police Department says two police officers were shot, as well as a civil process server.
According to FOX 4 Kansas City, one officer has passed away. The second officer is in surgery.
TV station KSHB reports that the process server has since died as well.
Police say one person has been arrested so far, but it was not immediately clear if it was the shooter.
There were no immediate details about what led up to the shooting.
Nearby schools were put into lockdown mode as a precaution, but those have since been lifted.
Information from FOX News and the Associated Press was used in this report.