Police Shoot & Kill Dude Armed With Knife As Olathe Gets Rougher

The crack of Johnson County proves increasingly hairy, nasty & altogether unseemly as violence erupts Saturday night and police were forced to defend themselves against an angry bloke who brought the wrong utensil to a gun fight.  

Here are the basics . . .

Olathe police officers were conducting a traffic stop at approximately 5:43 p.m. in the 200 block of N. Water Street when a separate subject allegedly armed with a knife arrived on scene in an unrelated vehicle and allegedly confronted them, per a press release.

Two police officers then shot the subject, a 58-year-old male, according to the press release.

The subject received medical attention by responding officers and Johnson County Med-Act, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

One man dead after police involved shooting in Olathe Saturday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One man is dead after a police involved shooting in Olathe on Saturday night, according to a tweet from the Olathe Police Department. Olathe police officers were conducting a traffic stop at approximately 5:43 p.m. in the 200 block of N.


Police: Man shot and killed after approaching Olathe officers with knife

SOURCE: Olathe PD Olathe Police tell us a man is dead after approaching officers at a separate traffic stop in Olathe.Police say officers were conducting a traffic stop when they were confronted by a man unrelated to the stop, who was holding a knife.The man holding the knife was pronounced dead at the scene.

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