KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas police department released additional details regarding the arrest of a man on the run after he was charged with shooting a police officer .
Thomas Tolbert, 27, was arrested about 300 miles away from the shooting site, taken into custody in Ellis, Kansas.
He was accused of shooting a Lee’s Summit police officer during a domestic disturbance call at the Residences at Echelon apartment complex.
No shots were fired by the officer, but the officer was reportedly struck multiple times. The officer was transported to an area trauma center with serious injuries that are not expected to be life-threatening.
The Ellis Police Department reported that dispatch received information via the CrimeStoppers tipline just after 2 a.m. that Tolbert was staying at the