Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction: Fairway Police Department
County: Johnson
Death Date: August 7, 2023
Added to Memorial: 2024
Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Wound
Jonah Oswald, age 29, a veteran police officer served as a patrol officer with the Fairway Police Department for 4 years. At 7:30am on August 6, 2023, lenexa police officers responded to reports of a stolen vehicle. As responding offficers attempted to apprehend the male and female suspects, the stolen vehicle struck a Lenexa patrol car. Officers from neighboring agencies, including the Fairway Police Department, responded to assist in the pursuit which ended whne the suspects crashed their vehicle and ran inside a convenience store. When Officer oswald and other responding officers entered the store attempting to arrest the fleeing suspects, gunfire erupted. Officer Oswald, critically wounded during the gunfire exchange, succumbed to his wounds the following day. The male suspect was shot and killed; the female suspect was taken into custody. Officer Oswald is survived by his wife and two sons.
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