Late Saturday night, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation identified the suspect arrested in the deadly shooting of Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming.
KBI said Shawn Harris, 38, opened fire on Ming and a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer. The pair was responding to a call for help from a female who was moving out of a residence Saturday afternoon in the 2600 block of S. 30th Street.
The KBI said Harris, who was struck during an exchange of gunfire with police, was released from the hospital around 11:30 a.m. and transferred to the Johnson County, Kansas, Adult Detention Center. He was booked for capital murder of a law enforcement officer. Formal charges are pending.
Harris’ criminal past
In January 2012, Harris pleaded guilty to felony theft of property or services greater than $1,000 but less than $25,000 in connection with an incident on Aug. 20, 2011, in Edwardsville, Kansas. A judge sentenced him to seven months in prison but suspended the sentence pending successful completion of one year of probation.
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Harris pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted aggravated assault, use of a deadly weapon in connection with an incident in Wyandotte County on Feb. 12, 2012. A judge sentenced him to 10 months total and a year of probation in the case…