INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (WIBW) – The suspect that fatally shot Independence Law enforcement Officer Blaize Madrid was out of jail on bond for an arrest previously in September and had been on parole for a 2011 felony conviction.

In accordance to experiences from KCTV5, Cody Harrison, the suspect in the deadly shooting of Independence Police Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, was out of jail on bond when he shot the officer. He had been dealing with rates that provided theft and stealing and experienced not long ago been arrested by Kansas Metropolis Law enforcement with a weapon.

The report exhibits that Harrison was arrested on Sept. 2, for felon in possession of a firearm, but experienced not nevertheless been charged. At the time of the taking pictures, he experienced also violated parole for a 2011 felony conviction for taking pictures at or from a vehicle and experienced put in time in point out prison.

The Jackson Co. Prosecutor instructed KCTV5 that she experienced gotten a possible induce statement on Sept. 9 and that Harrison had not nonetheless been charged for the crime at the time of the lethal capturing.

A felon in possession of a weapon is classified as a Class C Felony and is punishable with between 3 and 10 decades in jail.

The Jackson Co. Prosecutor’s Office stated in spite of an earlier report, it experienced not declined to prosecute or file a situation against Harrison, who was out of jail when the officer was shot. In reality, it reported it had issued a warrant for Harrison’s arrest on Sept. 13 immediately after he unsuccessful to seem for a hearing for alleged crimes fully commited in February.

This usually means that the arrest warrant that spurred the nameless phone get in touch with and response to the scene where by Madrid-Evans was later shot and killed experienced arrive from the Prosecutor’s Workplace.

“In that situation, Harrison was charged with burglary 2nd degree and thieving for a Grain Valley, Mo., criminal offense,” mentioned the Prosecutor’s Business office. “At the time we filed that circumstance, our office’s initial ask for was for a bond of $10,000/10 per cent, which is in the condition Supreme Court’s bond rules. The court, having said that, issued the $6,000/10 per cent bond and it was later on lowered by the court to a Release on his own recognizance bond.”

In addition, the Prosecutor’s Business reported KCPD submitted a new scenario on Harrison on Sept. 7 for the Sept. 2 arrest for carrying a firearm which he was not authorized to have due to his earlier felony conviction. The case experienced been under evaluation for charging in the workplace.

The Prosecutor’s Office environment further statements that it had not been given the circumstance right until times right after Harrison experienced been permit go. He was convicted in 2011 in Clay Co. for unlawful use of a weapon and was sentenced to 15 years in jail.

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