Westport Restaurant Shooting Leaves School Resource Officer Dead

KANSAS CITY, MO — An off-duty school resource officer is dead and a woman was hurt in a shooting at a restaurant in Kansas City's Westport bar and entertainment district.

The Lee's Summit Police Department confirmed that Officer Thomas Orr, 30, was killed Sunday night on the patio of Californos. The shooting stemmed from an argument between patrons, police said. Orr wasn't involved.

At least 200 people were on the patio when at least one gun shot rang out. The suspect remains on the run, and witnesses are urged to contact police. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

A woman was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm and is expected to survive, police said.

Of approx. 200 people present at Californos when L.S. Officer Thomas Orr was killed last night, ONLY 3 have talked to police. 816-474-TIPS pic.twitter.com/lwx82aSpUY
— Kansas City Police (@kcpolice) August 21, 2017

Photo credit: Lee's Summit Police Department via AP