KCPD SUICIDE THREAT OVERNIGHT

Kansas City real life across the bridge and possibly a reminder of America's worsening mental health crisis impacting nearly every demographic.

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Fox4KC: KCPD officer in critical condition after attempting to take his life, police say

A Kansas City police officer attempted to take his life Friday night and is now in critical condition, police say.

KCPD said officers were searching for a missing person Friday night near N.E. Cookingham Road and Interstate 35 in Liberty. That missing person was a KC police officer who they believed could be suicidal.

A KC police spokesman said the officer attempted to take his own life and was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
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