KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Jackson County prosecutor’s offices were closed Friday after a screaming man upset with the indictment of Kansas City police detective tried to break into the office through a glass door.
No one was hurt during the incident, and the man was not arrested, the Kansas City Star reported.
Spokesman Michael Mansur said sheriff’s deputies removed the man from Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker’s offices in the downtown courthouse.
“We want to ensure that our employees are safe. We did this out of an abundance of caution,” he said.
The man, whose name was not released, was pounding on a glass door that led into several offices, and workers were concerned that he was going to break it. He said he would return with 100 or more veterans to protest. Staff members were told to work from home.
Mansur said it was clear the man was upset that a grand jury on Thursday indicted a Kansas City detective on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a black man who was killed last year in his own backyard while backing into his garage.
The grand jury also charged Detective Eric DeValkenaere with armed criminal action in the Dec. 3 killing of Cameron Lamb.
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