KANSAS CITY – The man wanted for allegedly shooting a Lee's Summit police officer late Sunday night is now in custody.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) says Thomas Eugene Tolbert, 27, was located and apprehended in Ellis, Kansas.
In the early morning hours, law enforcement received information indicating that Tolbert might be inside a hotel at 204 N. Washington St. in Ellis. Officers from the Hays Police Department, deputies from the Ellis County Sheriff's Office and KBI agents arrived at the hotel and safely took Tolbert into custody at around 4:50 a.m.
Tolbert was arrested on a Missouri warrant for assault first-degree or attempted serious physical injury, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, resisting arrest or detention by fleeing, and second-degree domestic assault.
He was booked into the Ellis County Sheriff's Office Jail.
The officer who was shot was responding to a domestic disturbance on Southwest Hollywood Drive when he spotted a man fleeing the scene. During the foot pursuit, the suspect shot the officer multiple times, leaving him in serious condition. The officer did not return fire.
