KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas City, Kansas, officials have confirmed the death of an officer who was “deliberately” hit by a car early Tuesday morning.

Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, was critically injured shortly before 1 a.m. on August 26. He was pronounced dead at the University of Kansas Medical Center, the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department confirmed during a press conference.

KCK Police Chief Karl Oakman spoke with KCTV5 earlier in the morning and said Officer Simoncic was hit near 75th and State Avenue, just outside the Kansas City, Kansas, Community College (KCKCC).

Officer Simoncic was reportedly trying to stop a suspect’s car with stop sticks, a common tool used by law enforcement in an effort to intervene with suspects who refuse to slow down for police.

Chief Oakman

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