Public Funeral Set for Slain KC Detective
05/11/2016

Detective Brad Lancaster

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City, Kansas, police detective killed in a confrontation on Monday will be honored with a public funeral.

The funeral for Detective Brad Lancaster will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Children's Mercy Park, home of the Sporting Kansas City soccer team, in Kansas City, Kansas.

A visitation is scheduled at 4 p.m. Friday at Trinity Community Church in Kansas City, Kansas.

Lancaster died Monday after being shot while trying to stop a suspect who was fleeing from officers near the Kansas Speedway.

The 39-year-old Lancaster is survived by a wife and two children.

A suspect, 28-year-old Curtis Ayers, was arrested after he was shot in a confrontation with Kansas City, Missouri, officers hours after Lancaster was shot.



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