Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Causing Crash That Killed Officer, Pedestrian, and K-9 Last February

Police Officer James Muhlbauer and K-9 Officer Champ. Muhlbauer. Kansas City Police Department via AP

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to smashing into a Kansas City, Missouri, patrol car last year and killing an officer, his K-9 partner, and a pedestrian.

Jerron Lightfoot of Tonganoxie, Kansas, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and admitted speeding through a red light before the crash, according to the Kansas City Star. Officer James Muhlbauer, 42, Jesse Eckes, 52, and Champ the dog were all killed.