William Matthew Holmes

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 8/28/2017

Place of the incident:

Moundridge, McPherson, KS
I 135 and Arrowhead Road

Newton police officers tried to stop a vehicle that was reported to have been involved in a car burglary. The driver led officers on a high-speed chase north on Interstate 135, police said. The driver stopped in the median after he ran over spike sticks. The people inside refused to leave the vehicle for several minutes, and then when the driver got out, he took an "aggressive stance" and kicked a K-9 dog that officers used to attack him. Police claim they shot him after he "reached for the officer's weapon.

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