A Missouri woman was arrested last week after escaping from handcuffs and stealing a police vehicle before a shooting at Kansas City International Airport that injured an officer, according to reports.
Fox station WDAF in Kansas City reported that Lacy Perry of Independence, Missouri, was charged in Platte County with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, disarming a police officer and other related crimes.
Lacy Perry was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri after allegedly escaping from handcuffs and stealing a police vehicle.
(Platte County Sheriff’s Office)
Also arrested and charged was Kevin Bloom of Warrensburg, Missouri, charged with third degree assault and resisting arrest, along with other charges.
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Court documents reviewed by WDAF showed that a KCI officer saw a white van with no license plates pull out of economy parking at the airport at around 5:15 a.m.
Inside the vehicle were Bloom and Perry, who refused to stop when the officer activated the patrol vehicle’s emergency lights and sirens.
The officer was finally able to get in front of the white van, driven by Bloom, to slow down. But court documents showed that Bloom hit the police car. By performing what is called a pit maneuver, which forces a fleeing car to turn sideways, the officer was able to cause Bloom to lose control of the truck and crash into a utility pole.
Missouri police arrested Kevin Bloom after he led officers on a chase that led to him ramming a police car multiple times, according to reports.
(Platte County Sheriff’s Office)
Instead of stopping, Bloom tried to drive away and allegedly hit the police car again.
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The officers arrested Bloom and Perry, handcuffed the latter and placed him in the back of a police car. Bloom resisted, and the officer who placed Perry in the back of the police car went to help stop Bloom.
While alone in the patrol vehicle, Perry escaped the handcuffs, climbed into the driver’s seat, and drove away. At one point she stopped and called for Bloom to get in the car, but he did not comply, according to WDAF.
Police focused their attention on Perry, drew their weapons and ordered him out of the car, according to court documents. But she refused and the officers approached the vehicle. Perry then lunged for one officer’s gun as the other officer was trying to pull Perry out of the vehicle, according to reports.
Perry then attempted to remove the firearm from the officer’s holster when the gun discharged, shooting the officer in the leg.
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WDAF reported that investigators have not said whether or not Perry’s hands were on the gun when it was fired.
Perry has pleaded not guilty to the crimes and is scheduled to return to court on January 3.
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Bloom appeared in court on Monday and a judge pleaded not guilty on her behalf, according to WDAF. Bloom is expected to return to court on Tuesday.
