KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A man was arrested and charged on suspicion of murder and vehicular homicide after investigators say he hit 26-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, Police Officer Hunter Simoncic during an overnight police chase.

According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), 31-year-old Dennis Edward Mitchell III is in custody at a Wyandotte County jail and was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, vehicular homicide, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, theft, criminal possession of a firearm and aggravated failure to appear. Formal charges are pending.

Initial reporting states that on Tuesday morning, officers were called to the area of North 77th Street and Everett Avenue at about 12:30 a.m. on reports of sounds of gunfire.

When officers arrived, they found

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