The community will have a chance to participate in a vigil on Thursday for fallen Kansas City, Kansas, Police Ofc. Hunter Simoncic.

A KCKPD spokesperson says the vigil is set for 7:30 p.m. in front of the Unified Government City Hall, 701 N. 7th Street, in KCK.

Simoncic was killed early Tuesday morning when a suspect, identified as Dennis Mitchel III, allegedly intentionally struck Simoncic, who had deployed stop sticks to disable Mitchells Ford pickup truck that was fleeing other officers.

On Tuesday night, KSHB 41 News reporter Isabella Ledonne spoke to a teacher at KCK's Banneker Elementary School, where Simoncic would volunteer his time to read to students. You can watch her report in the video player below.

The officer's death came exactly one month after Wyandotte County Sheriff'

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