On Sunday evening, June 1st, at 11pm., a Lee’s Summit
police officer responded to a domestic disturbance call at 3560 Hollywood Drive
in Lee’s Summit. After a short foot pursuit the suspect, Thomas Eugene Tolbert a
27 year old black male, shot at officer Tolbert, striking him several times.
Tolbert then left the scene in a vehicle that was later recovered in Grandview,
MO. Tolbert has a history of aggravated assault and shooting at law enfocement.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports that Thomas
Eugene Tolber,t 27, was located at a hotel in Ellis, Kansas, early Tuesday and
taken into custody.
Officers from the KBI, Hays Police Department and Ellis
County Sheriff's office arrived at the hotel and safely took him into custody
at 4:50 a.m.
He was arrested on a Missouri warrant for assault
first-degree or attempted serious physical injury, armed criminal action,
unlawful possession of a firearm, resisting arrest or detention by fleeing, and
second-degree assault.
Tolbert was booked into the Ellis County Office Jail.
The Lee’s Summit police officer survived the incident thanks
to the bulletproof vest he was wearing.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
