David K. Crosby-Dowdy

Deadly force

Kansas City police patrol and street narcotics officers pulled over a car as part of a planned arrest. The man, a suspect in several robberies, had told police that he was armed and ready for a shootout with officers if they attempted to arrest him, police said. Initially, the man complied with the officers who pulled him over. The shooting happened when officers, both uniformed and in plain clothes, tried to remove the man from the car. Police shot the man as he reached for a gun.