OLATHE, Kan. — Officials say the use of force by a Johnson County deputy in the shooting death of a Panasonic battery plant employee was justified.
Body camera footage released Friday showed the moments leading up to the fatal incident.
On Friday, the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office held a news conference revealing the bodycam footage from the December 2025 deadly shooting at the De Soto, Kansas, Panasonic plant—where a stabbing suspect, identified as Jonathan Lunceford, 55, of Blue Springs, Missouri, was shot and killed…