KANSAS CITY, Kan.—A police officer died early Tuesday after a fleeing driver hit tire-deflating devices and veered into him, authorities said. His police chief said the death was “an intentional act of homicide.”
Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, was the second law enforcement officer in Kansas City, Kansas, to die within a month. Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming, 34, died July 26 after being shot multiple times while responding to a domestic disturbance call in the city.
