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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming, 34, was fatally shot on July 26, 2025, while responding to a domestic violence call in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Ming, a nine-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, was assisting a woman who requested protection to retrieve her belongings from a home in the 2600 block of South 30th Street. The woman had reported being threatened with a firearm by a man inside the residence. As Ming and a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer approached the home around 3:45 p.m., the suspect, identified as Shawn Harris, 38, opened fire, striking Ming. Additional officers exchanged gunfire with Harris, who was injured and barricaded himself inside the home before surrendering about 90 minutes later. Ming was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.1
HICKORY, N.C. — James David Houser, 30, was arrested on July 4, 2025, in connection with the murder of Mary Elizabeth Ervin, 30, at the Deluxe Inn in Hickory. Police responded to a report of an unresponsive woman at the hotel, located at 325 Hwy 70 SW, where they found Ervin dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Houser faces murder charges and is being held without bond at the Catawba County Detention Center. The investigation remains ongoing, with authorities seeking additional information from the public.2
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Cortez D. Boston, 26, was fatally shot on July 4, 2025, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, marking the city’s 10th homicide of the year. The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. Police responded to reports of gunfire and found Boston with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Clint L. Mott Jr., 20, of Sulphur, had also been shot and was transported to a hospital prior to deputies’ arrival. It was determined that Boston and Mott exchanged gunfire during an altercation. Mott faces charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon during a crime of violence. Mott appears to be Hispanic.3
LAMAR, S.C. — Darlington County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Devin Mason, 27, was fatally shot on July 1, 2025, during an ambush while responding to a call about a wanted person at a home on Old Timers Court near Lamar.
Around 1:30 a.m., Mason and another deputy entered the residence after arresting a woman with outstanding warrants outside. The suspect, Cameron Ray Dennett, 25, hiding in a bathroom, opened fire, fatally wounding Mason. The second deputy, whose name was not released, was injured but stable after being hospitalized.
Deputies returned fire, killing Dennett, who was wanted for criminal conspiracy, forgery, and computer crimes and was prohibited from possessing a firearm.4
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