KANSAS CITY — Lee's Summit police officer, Jared Timbrook, shot four times while pursuing a suspect on Sunday is out of the hospital.
"Officer Timbrook was treated by his fellow officers on scene and he was transported to an area trauma center by the paramedics of the Lee’s Summit Fire Department," according to a media release from the department.
"On Tuesday afternoon, Timbrook was released from the hospital to continue his healing journey at home."
"On behalf of Officer Timbrook and his family along with the men and women of the Lee's Summit Police Deparatment, we are thankful for the amazing care that he received and the outpouring of support for him from this amazing community." Officer Timbrook has been with the LSPD for approximately 18 months and comes to the department with approximately 7 years of experience with his previous agency."
Meanwhile the suspect Thomas Tolbert has been charged with 1st Degree Assault, Armed Criminal Action, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Resisting Arrest/Detention/Stop by Fleeing, and 2nd Degree Domestic Assault in connection with the incident, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.
According to court records, Lee’s Summit police were dispatched to an apartment complex near SW Hollywood Drive and Highway 150 on June 1 regarding a man, later identified as Tolbert who was allegedly involved in a domestic assault with the victim.
Upon arrival, an officer approached Tolbert in the parking lot of the complex and attempted to detain him. Tolbert broke away and began to run. As the officer ran after him, the defendant began to fire multiple gunshots at the officer, striking him four times. The officer was hit in the left leg, left arm, chest of his body armor, and his shoulder.