We immediately mobilized as many resources as possible to
find and stop someone who had very quickly become a serial killer. In addition
to patrol officers regularly assigned to the areas, we brought in more than 100
people - detectives from nearly all of our investigative units, Tactical Team
officers, and our federal partners with the U.S. Marshals, FBI and ATF - to
identify and track down the suspect. We also identified and located family
members who could be potential victims and told them about what was happening
so they could get to safety. Rosilyn Temple and Mothers in Charge were there
comforting the loved ones of our numerous victims and helping them understand
what we needed to do as police to put an end to the spate of violence. Within
12 hours, the suspect was in custody. Issac Fisher has now been charged with
three counts of murder and 15 other charges.
During the course of the investigation into Fisher's
location, we did something we don't do often: we asked people in the
neighborhoods where we thought he might be to stay inside. We also flooded the
area with police, but telling people to stay in was the best protection we
could provide at the time. We know this was a scary time for some of our South
KC residents, and I appreciate everyone remaining calm. I hope you know we were
doing everything we could to get him into custody as quickly as possible to
prevent any further violence.
Our investigators, with assistance from the community, were
able to track the suspect to a relative's house about 10:30 p.m. Sunday and
took him into custody without incident. I commend the detectives and officers
who gave all they had to this case. We wouldn't do this job if we didn't care
deeply about the safety of our residents, and in no case was that more evident
than how we came together and deployed every available resource on Sunday to find
and arrest a violent individual before he could hurt anyone else.
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