Police
kill man who aimed gun; The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. in
the 1300 block of East 58th Street.
Police responded to a call
about a disturbance at a residence. When they arrived, a woman said the man who
had caused the disturbance had left.
As officers were about to leave, a car
drove alongside the patrol car, and the driver pointed a handgun at the
officers, a police spokesman said.
The officers fired several shots at the
man, wounding him. The gunman was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The man's identity had not been released
Sunday evening. The officers, who were not identified, were placed on
administrative leave pending an investigation of the incident. Man
shot by officers had 3 guns, police say Two officers shot Clifton Isaac, 41, on
Sunday after he aimed one of the guns at police, said Police Spokesman Bob
Murphy. Issac's 38-year-old wife called police
about 2 a.m. Sunday to the 1300 block of E. 58th Street to report a domestic
disturbance. When officers arrived, she said the armed man who caused the
disturbance was gone.
The officers waited as the woman collected
her belongings with her children, ages 12 and 19. A car pulled alongside the
driver's side of the parked patrol car.
The driver pointed a gun at the officers,
and the officer in the passenger seat of the patrol car jumped out. Both
officers shot the man. Homicide Sgt. Rick Smith said the shooting occurred
within seconds of the man pulling his gun.
Smith declined to release the number of
shots fired.
An ambulance took Isaac to Research
Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was performed Monday.
Police later found three guns belonging to
Isaac at the scene of the shooting. Isaac's criminal record showed he was
convicted twice in 1998 in Kansas City Municipal Court for simple assault.
Murphy said Isaac had a history of domestic violence and police had been Isaac's wife declined to comment Monday,
and her family members also declined to talk.
The officers are on routine paid leave
while the shooting is being investigated. |