Clay County Sheriff’s deputies shot knife-wielding man Saturday

Clay County Sheriff’s deputies shot machete-wielding man Saturday afternoon when he refused repeated commands to drop the weapon.

The man suffered non life-threatening gunshot wounds and could be released to law enforcement officers late Saturday.

The incident began about 2:20 p.m. when Kansas City, Missouri, police officers were sent to check on an adult male causing a disturbance with a large knife in a shopping center at Northeast Englewood Road and North Oak Trafficway, according to a KCMO Police Department news release…

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