KC Police Chief updates condition of officer injured in scuffle

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On his blog today, Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin updated the status of the police officer who was knocked out in a scuffle in the Power & Light District Sunday night. The officer, a 14-year veteran of the force, “suffered a traumatic head injury” but “his condition was upgraded and he was taken out of intensive care” Tuesday night, Corwin wrote.

“All of us here at KCPD also are praying for the recovery of this officer,” Corwin wrote.

Court records say the officer was taken to a hospital where “medical

personnel determined he had bleeding on the brain,” and “neurosurgeons were unsure at the time if the

victim would have any permanent damage as a result of his brain

injury.”

Jackson County prosecutors charged Scott Wyckoff with

first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and Mark

Wyckoff with felony interference.