KCK police shoot, kill armed suspect; KBI to investigate

A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer shot and killed an armed suspect early Sunday morning. Police have identified the suspect as 19-year-old Leonel Lozoya-Esparza of Kansas City, Kansas.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says officers were called to the 500 block of Ohio Avenue at 12:27 a.m. for a noise complaint, then again 20 minutes later on a report of shots fired.

When they arrived, officers say they made contact with Lozoya-Esparza. Officers issued verbal commands ordering him to drop the weapon…

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