JACKSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has ruled that a state trooper was justified in the shooting death of a suspect.

The Southeast Missourian reports that Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Chris Limbaugh issued the ruling Friday in the April death of 48-year-old Jeffrey Darrell Hobbs. Limbaugh ruled that trooper Jason McBride was endangered “without question” by Hobbs’ actions.

McBride shot Hobbs after a confrontation during a traffic stop near Cape Girardeau, about 100 miles south of St. Louis. The trooper stopped Hobbs after observing his vehicle swerving on Highway 177.

The patrol says Hobbs was handcuffed for acting suspiciously, broke free, and tried to drive away while dragging the trooper alongside.

The patrol said the trooper warned Hobbs to stop and fatally shot him when he refused to do so.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nurse at an Iowa women’s prison who was born a woman but identifies as a man has filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission against the state because prison officials refuse to allow him to use the men’s bathroom and showers.

Jesse Vroegh also is challenging denial of medical treatment and procedures including chest surgery by his state-provided insurer.

In the complaint filed Thursday, Vroegh alleges violations of state law and his constitutional rights.

Vroegh says he asked to begin using the men’s restroom and showers last year but was denied and prison officials declined to develop transgender employee policies.

An Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman had no immediate comment.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A prosecutor says bond has been set at $10 million for a man charged with capital murder in the death of a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer.

Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman announced Jamaal Lewis’ bond amount Thursday after saying that the 20-year-old Lewis fired the shots that caused police Capt. Robert Melton’s death Tuesday.

The 46-year-old Melton was fatally shot while investigating a drive-by shooting. Lewis also faces charges of aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a weapon from an incident that happened earlier the same day of Melton’s shooting.

A second man, 18-year-old DaQon Sipple, has been charged with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer involving a different officer than Melton and criminal discharge of a weapon.

Sipple’s bond has been set at $100,000.

It’s unclear if the men have lawyers yet.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A judge will hear arguments on whether to block the two-tiered voting system in Kansas just days before the primary election.

Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks has set a July 29 hearing in Topeka on the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a temporary restraining order. The primary is Aug. 2.

The ACLU is challenging Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s plan to throw out thousands of votes cast in state and local races by people who registered at motor vehicle offices or used a federal form without providing documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.

A state board approved that process the day before the start of advanced voting for the primary.

Another judge ruled earlier this year that the right to vote is not tied to the method of registration.

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A man involved in a home-invasion robbery in which a Pittsburg State University student was killed has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The Joplin Globe reports that 26-year-old Juan Salas-Rueda was sentenced Wednesday for one count of aggravated robbery.

Prosecutors have said they don’t believe Salas-Rueda was present when Taylor Thomas was killed, but that he provided the weapons used in the robbery.

Thomas was a 20-year-old junior at the school when killed in October 2014. Authorities allege the intruders were seeking drugs and money, with the drugs belonging to Thomas’ roommate. The roommate has pleaded no contest to a marijuana-distribution charge.

Initially, Salas-Rueda also faced charges of felony murder, aggravated burglary and obstruction. Those counts were dropped under a plea deal he accepted in May.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A real estate developer and a minister have been ordered to pay more than $122,000 in restitution in connection to a home flipping venture that targeted low-income Jackson County residents.

A civil lawsuit was filed by the Missouri attorney general’s office on behalf of 50 homeowners who said they were victims of a program that promised to restore distressed inner-city residences.

A jury found in favor of the homeowners Wednesday.

The attorney general’s office argued that Tri-State Holdings-32 LLC, principal owner Brandon Miller and Rev. Tony Caldwell deceived low-income buyers with the promise of a home after making a down payment and monthly payments. Tri-State is accused of failing to pay back property taxes or complete major home repairs as promised.

Tri-State, Miller and Caldwell denied any wrongdoing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City, Missouri, man accused of causing a car crash that killed a police crime scene technician has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

The Kansas City Star reports that a Jackson County jury on Thursday also found 31-year-old Larneal Davis guilty of leaving an accident scene and driving with a revoked license. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 16.

Prosecutors told jurors that Davis’ car had reached speeds of at least 105 mph on July 5, 2013, moments before he broadsided Michael Chou’s car, splitting Chou’s car in two and killing Chou.

Davis was arrested after a short foot chase.

Chou worked for the Kansas City Police Department as a crime scene technician and had just ended his shift shortly before the crash.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly four years after a robbery in St. Louis, the case is now considered a homicide.

Christopher Dutton of Warrenton was shot while being robbed on Aug. 9, 2012. He died in March. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that new autopsy results show he died from “pneumonia due to a gunshot wound to the chest,” and police now classify it as a homicide.

The suspect, 27-year-old Jonathan Leaks, was found guilty of robbery, assault and armed criminal action in 2014, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. The circuit attorney’s office is investigating to determine if additional charges should be filed.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator who’s a former sheriff is condemning violence against police and says targeting law enforcement officers is a crime of hate.

Republican Sen. Mike Parson on Thursday called to rally behind law enforcement after recent fatal shootings of police in Baton Rouge and Dallas.

Parson is running for lieutenant governor. He says an officer was killed in the line of duty while he was Polk County’s sheriff, and another was shot six times but survived.

Parson says protests shouldn’t be used as a shield to commit crimes.

Parson says one option is to make targeting police classified as a hate crime under state law.

Louisiana in May became the first state in the nation to expand hate-crime laws to protect police, firefighters and emergency medical crews.

BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old girl suspected in a St. Louis-area shooting that critically wounded a Korean couple in their 70s has surrendered.

Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Chief Jeremy Ihler told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the girl turned herself in Wednesday at a St. Louis County police precinct.

The victims of Tuesday’s shooting at King’s Beauty Supply in Bellefontaine Neighbors are the parents of the store owner and speak little English.

The girl and another juvenile had been kicked out of the store earlier in the day for stealing. Police say the shoplifting wasn’t reported. The girls returned later and the couple called police. One girl was taken into custody and the other was released with a warning.

The girl released with the warning is suspected of returning and shooting the couple.