The Independence Police Department calls for emergency response backup in an arrest of an Independence man. Saturday just before noon, IPD requested assistance from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team.

IPD Officers responded to the scene in reference to Kyle Harris, who had felony aggravated offender registration warrants. Officers attempted to call Harris out of the residence, but he refused. Officers were told that Harris was in the bedroom, hiding under the bed and was possibly armed. The SERT team arrived on scene at around 1:00pm. During their evaluation, the SERT team established a perimeter around the apartment, cleared the apartment and were able to confirm that Harris was under the bed.

The team entered the apartment and located Harris. It appeared Harris was having some kind of medical issue and was transported by Independence EMS to Labette Health before being booked into the Montgomery County Department of Corrections on the felony warrants.