Missouri highway patrol trooper shoots driver after chase that started near Lone Jack
A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper shot a man Monday after a car chase in Johnson County, Missouri, according to the state police agency.
Shortly before 1:30 p.m., an officer with the Lone Jack Police Department began pursuing a vehicle on U.S. Highway 50 for a traffic violation, said Sgt. Andy Bell, a spokesman for the highway patrol.
The chase continued for several miles into Johnson County and troopers deployed stop sticks.
The vehicle struck the spikes and crashed into a ditch.
The driver allegedly exited the vehicle with a gun “and presented it in a threatening manner,” the highway patrol said. A trooper shot the man.
The man was transported by air ambulance to a Kansas City hospital. Bell said he did not know the man’s condition.
The trooper was not injured.
