A Kansas City area man who was wanted in connection with the shooting of a Lee’s Summit police officer is in custody, state police said in a news release.
A Blue Alert was canceled Tuesday after officers took Thomas Eugene Tolbert, 27, into custody, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
In the early morning hours, law enforcement received a tip that Tolbert might be inside a hotel at 204 N. Washington St. in Ellis, Kansas, the KBI said in a statement…