Olathe Shooting

The Johnson County District Attorney said Officer Erik Clark was justified in using deadly force against the student, Jaylon Elmore, who a witness said opened fire on Clark first. The officer also likely fired the shots that hit an assistant principal, but the DA is not filing charges.

The 14-year-old was one of six teens charged in the death of 19-year-old Marco Cardino, in what appears to have been a marijuana deal gone awry at Black Bob Park.

A shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas marks the 27th such school shooting in the U.S. this year. That tally includes a shooting at an Olathe high school in March, which left a resource officer and an administrator wounded.

The Olathe School District shared its security plans in the wake of a school shooting that left a school administrator and school resource officer wounded.

A bill proposed Monday by Overland Park lawmaker Cindy Holscher would ban people from owning and manufacturing 3D guns in Kansas, or guns without serial numbers. Holscher's son attends Olathe East High School, where this type of "ghost gun" was used to shoot a school officer and assistant principal.

The March 4 shooting at Olathe East High School ended with a school administrator, a school resource officer and a student all suffering gunshot wounds.

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe revealed that the Olathe East High School shooting involved a “ghost gun,” the second such crime involving this type of weapon in the county in two weeks. What are ghost guns and why do they make the job of law enforcement and prosecutors harder?

Ghost guns may be tied to two high-profile shootings in Johnson County, including one at Olathe East High School. Sheriff Calvin Hayden said he could not think of other instances where his officers had encountered that type of weapon.

School officials are on alert for threats following a shooting at Olathe East High school on Friday that injured three.

The suspect in the Olathe East school shooting remains in critical condition and was not able to attend his first hearing Monday on a charge of attempted capital murder. Paul Morrison, now in private practice in Olathe, has been appointed to represent him.

Olathe East students share their reaction to the shooting that left three people injured. Some students say they’re nervous to return to school.

Students are being reunited with their families following an hours-long lockdown. The suspect, an 18-year-old male student at Olathe East, was shot and injured.