Mourners remember 2 Kansas deputies slain outside courthouse
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June 22, 2018
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Uniformed officers from across the nation gathered Thursday to remember two Kansas sheriff's deputies who were shot and killed by an inmate while transporting him between the courthouse and jail.
Wyandotte County Sheriff Don Ash said Thursday during a joint service for Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer at a soccer stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, that they "literally put their lives between a cold-blooded killer and the citizens they swore an oath to protect," The Kansas City Star reports.
Authorities said an inmate apparently overpowered the deputies last Friday in a gat...
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