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The Latest: Governor orders flags lowered for slain officer

BrownbackKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is ordering flags in Wyandotte County to be lowered to half-staff in memory of a slain police detective.

Brownback directed the county’s flags lowered Tuesday through sundown Wednesday in 39-year-old Brad Lancaster’s honor.

Police say Lancaster died at a hospital Monday about three hours after being shot near a racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas.

A suspect, 28-year-old Curtis Ayers, has been arrested. Ayers was shot by police during an attempted carjacking. He is in stable condition Tuesday at a hospital.

The local Fraternal Order of Police says a candlelight vigil in Lancaster’s memory is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.

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