Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction: Kansas City
County: Wyandotte
Death Date: 08/26/2025
Added to Memorial: 2026
Circumstances of Death: Struck by Vehicle
Hunter Lee Simoncic, age 26, began his career in law enforcement with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department (KCKPD) in 2023. In the early morning hours of August 26, 2025, KCKPD officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired. Responding officers discovered an occupied vehicle where the driver appeared asleep at the wheel with a handgun present in the front seat. The driver woke and immediately fled the scene. During the pursuit, Officer Simoncic and others deployed stop-sticks, hoping to end the pursuit. While out of his patrol car, preparing to deploy the device, the suspect drove his vehicle over a median and intentionally struck Officer Simoncic. Officer Simoncic was transported to the emergency department, where he was pronounced deceased due to multiple blunt traumatic injuries of the head and torso. Officer Simoncic is survived by his father Ron Simoncic, mother Christine Brungardt, brother Fischer, as well as many loved ones.
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