Philadelphia artist publishes portrait in memory of Kansas City police officer Muhlbauer, K9 champion
Updated: 6:25 PM CST February 20, 2023
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BY THE WEEKEND. THAT PART OF THE PREDICTION COMING SOON. A MAN IS NOW ASSIGNED TO THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI KILLING OF A POLICE OFFICER AND HIS K-9 PARTNER. I’M LARA MORITZ AND I’M KRIS KETZ CASE EPD. OFFICER JAMES MARLBORO. HIS K-9 PARTNER, CHAMPION, AND A PEDESTRIAN DIED IN THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT. AT THIS TIME, 18 YEAR OLD JARON LIGHTFOOT OF TONGANOXIE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY HIT MURDER. KMBC9 ANDY ALCOCK LIVE OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT ANDY. MIKE, WHAT DID A FIRST COURT COMPARISON DO TODAY? YES IT DID. CHRIS. FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE IS A POLICE CROSS CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF THE KPD HEADQUARTERS IN HONORS OF THE OFFICER’S FURNITURE. WARREN CHAMP, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME AND YOU WILL SEE NOT ONLY IS THIS VEHICLE COVERED IN FLOWERS, THERE ARE NO DOG CONCERNS AND DOG FOOD ON THE BONNET IN HONORING CHAMP LIGHTFOOT. THE LAST WAS KEPT A CHECK ON A $30,000 BOND UNDER THE TERMS OF THAT BOND, HE COULD SHIP $3,000 AND BE GET OUT OF JAIL EARLY OF HIS TRIAL. MEANWHILE, THE MOBILE OFFICER WAS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN BLUE ARE MOURNING. IT’S JUST A PITY BECAUSE HE’S JUST ONE OF THOSE GUYS YOU REALLY SEE SPECIAL THINGS HAPPEN IN A CAREER. IELPI PRESIDENT BRAD LEMON TALKS ABOUT OFFICER JAMES BAUER, A MAN. LEMON KNEW THIS SINCE FURNITURE STARTED AT KQED 20 YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE GOOD COPS OUT THERE, A HUGE WORKER JUST RELEASED JUDGMENT DOCUMENTS, STATE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS TAKEN FROM A NEARBY BUSINESS SHOWING LIGHT FOOT GERALD SPEEDING SOUTH ON BENTON, RUNS A RED LIGHT AND CRASHES AGAINST OFFICER’S CAR. THE PUBLISHED SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MILES PER HOUR. BUT LIGHTFOOT’S CAR COMPUTER SHOWS HIS FOOT WAS FULLY PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND HE REACHED A TOP SPEED OF 89.7 MILES PER HOUR. ONLY 2 SECONDS BEFORE THE CRASH. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH IS JUST THE RANDOM THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US WHEN WE’RE OUT THERE. MOBILE OFFICER LEAVES WIFE AND 10 YEAR OLD SON. OUR WIVES KNOW WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING. BUT CHILDREN FIGHT DIFFERENTLY. IT’S DIFFERENT FOR THEM. AND IF LIGHTFOOT IS FOUND GUILTY, THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE HE RESPONDS TO IS 20 YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH MEANS HE WILL BE A FREE MAN BEFORE HIS 40 YEARS OLD. LIVE REPORTING OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN KPD HEADQUARTERS TO ANDY ALCOCK, KMBC9 NEWS. ANDY, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. NOW THAT THE PEDESTRIAN NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED, LIGHTFOOT SHOULD BE BACK IN COURT ON FEBRUARY 27. THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE OFFICER FAMILY. THE KANSAS CITY FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE 99 E HAS ESTABLISHED A FUND WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO THE OFFICER’S FAMILY. AND A MEAL TRAIN HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP. THERE IS MOR
Philadelphia artist publishes portrait in memory of Kansas City police officer Muhlbauer, K9 champion
Updated: 6:25 PM CST February 20, 2023
A Philadelphia Police Department forensic artist who creates portraits of fallen police officers and first responders pays tribute to Kansas City Police Officer James Muhlbauer and his K9 partner, Champ. Philadelphia Police Officer Jonny Castro shared his memorial portrait of Muhlbauer and Champ on Monday. Castro produced over 1,000 memorial portraits for officers and other crime victims who died across the country. He has over 116,000 Facebook followers and a sizable Instagram following. Muhlbauer and Champ were killed in a crash late Wednesday night in the Benton Blvd. and Truman Street area. A pedestrian was also killed. An 18-year-old Tonganoxie resident was charged in connection with the incident.
A Philadelphia Police Department forensic artist who creates portraits of fallen police officers and first responders pays tribute to Kansas City Police Officer James Muhlbauer and his K9 partner, Champ.
Philadelphia Police Officer Jonny Castro shared his memorial portrait of Muhlbauer and Champ on Monday.
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Castro produced over 1,000 memorial portraits for officers and other crime victims who died across the country.
He has over 116,000 followers on Facebook and a sizable following on Instagram.
Muhlbauer and Champ were killed in a crash late Wednesday night in the Benton Blvd. and Truman Street area.
A pedestrian was also killed.
An 18-year-old Tonganoxie resident was charged in connection with the incident.
