The man accused of shooting and killing a Kansas City, Kan. detective earlier this week is facing nine counts including capital murder.
Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman announced Wednesday morning that 28-year-old Curtis Ayers of Tonganoxie has been charged in connection with the May 9, shooting death of KCK Police Det. Brad Lancaster.
Lancaster had ties to St. Joseph. As we previously reported, he graduated from the law enforcement academy at Missouri Western State University in 1998 then went to work at the Platte County Sheriff’s Office and then later went to KCKPD.
End of Watch: Monday, May 9, 2016
Ayers is charged with capital murder, two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, two counts of kidnapping, and criminal possession of a firearm.
Ayers is currently in custody in Jackson County, Mo.
Police said Lancaster died at a hospital Monday about three hours after being shot near a racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas.