Lee's Summit police officer injured in shooting released from hospital
Lee's Summit Police Sgt. Chris Depue said Officer Jared Timbrook was shot Sunday evening while chasing a suspect on foot while responding to a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex. He was treated by fellow officers on scene and taken to an area trauma center.
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'Officer Timbrook was shot four times, his medical team did an amazing job of caring for him,' Depue said.
Depue said Timbrook will continue his healing journey at home.
'On behalf of Officer Timbrook and his family along with the men and women of the LSPD, we are thankful for the amazing care that he received and the outpouring of support for him from this amazing community,' Depue aded.
Timbrook has been with the police department for approximately 18 months.
Thomas Eugene Tolbert, the man suspected of shooting Timbrook, was found and arrested in Ellis, Kansas early Tuesday morning.
Ellis Police Chief Avery Smith said Tolbert received a ride from someone who didn't know Tolbert was wanted. He made it to a hotel about 300 miles west of the Kansas City metro area .
Around 4:50 a.m., KBI agents, Ellis County Sheriff's Office deputies, and Hays Police Department officers arrived at the hotel and safely took Tolbert into custody, per KBI.
Depue says the Blue Alert helped speed up the process of locating and arresting Tolbert.
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Tolbert was arrested on a Missouri warrant for first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, resisting arrest or detention by fleeing, and second-degree domestic assault. The charges were filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court in connection to the shooting.
Tolbert has been booked into the Ellis County jail, according to the KBI.
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