ATF Sends About 20 Agents to Help Investigate Shooting of Kansas City Officer
By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The ATF is helping police investigate the fatal shooting Tuesday of a Kansas City, Kansas, officer.
Police said 46-year-old Capt. Robert Melton was gunned down while investigating report of a drive-by shooting, the Imperial Valley Press reports.
The ATF has sent about 20 agents to the scene of the shooting. They will be on hand to provide help with ballistics and any other facets of the investigation.
A spokesman for the police department said it wasn’t clear whether the officers on the scene were ambushed.
“The investigation needs to play out before that can be determined,” he said.
Posted: 7/20/16 at 9:43 AM under News Story.
Tags: ATF, Kansas, Kansas City, shooting
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