Chief: Kansas City, Kansas, detective shot, wounded
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Kansas City, Kansas, police say one of the department's detectives was shot and wounded near the Kansas Speedway by a suspect who later fled the scene.
Police Chief Terry Ziegler says the shooting took place about 12:30 p.m. Monday. Ziegler says the detective later was in surgery, though his medical status was not immediately clear.
It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting.
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The FBI and the Missouri State Highway Patrol say they are assisting in the investigation, though they deferred questions about the matter to Kansas City, Kansas, police.
Messages left with a police spokesman were not immediately returned.