On the afternoon of July 26, 2025, 34-year-old Deputy Elijah Ming of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department was killed while responding to a domestic situation on South 30th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Ming, a nine-year department veteran, was part of a civil standby to help a woman remove belongings after she had been threatened by a man with a gun. As Ming and a Kansas City Police officer arrived at about 3:45 p.m., a man inside the home opened fire. Ming was struck and later died at a hospital that evening.

The shooter was identified as 38-year-old Shawn Harris. After the initial exchange of gunfire, Harris barricaded himself inside the house for nearly 90 minutes before surrendering following negotiations. Harris was reported to have non-life-threatening injuries from the shooting and received hospital treatment before being jailed. He was charged with capital murder and criminal possession of a weapon and held on $2 million bond; the district attorney announced they would consider seeking the death penalty. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation was assigned to the officer-involved shooting investigation.

Deputy Ming was remembered as a dedicated officer, a husband, and a father. If anyone has information about the events that afternoon or knew Deputy Ming, please come forward to assist the investigation.