MSHP identifies man that fired shots at Troop A HQ before engaging in gunfire with troopers Updated: 9:28 AM CST Jan 7, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff Police identified the suspect Tuesday as Tayland Rahim, 27, of Kansas City Share Updated: 9:28 AM CST Jan 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOR AT TEN THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT ITS TROOP A HEADQUARTERS IN LEE’S SUMMIT TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TAIL END RAHIM OF KANSAS CITY WAS SHOT BY TROOPERS ON MONDAY NIGHT. KMBC9. KELLY. GIBBS IS LIVE AT TROOP A HEADQUARTERS WITH THE LATEST THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION KELLY. AND WE LEARNED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED AT THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL IN ITS HISTORY. WE’RE TOLD RAHIM IS IN THE HOSPITAL NOW IN STABLE. CONDITION AND INVESTIGATORS SAY AN ARREST WARRANT IS SURELY PENDING. NOW THIS ALL HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AROUND 9:40. THAT’S WHEN TROOPERS TELL US EMPLOYEES HEARD GUN SHOTS HERE TROOPERS INSIDE THE BUILDING RESPONDED TO AN EXTERIOR DOOR WAY WHERE RAHIM WAS HOLDING AN ASSAULT-STYLE RIFLE RAHIM THEN APPROACH THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS INTO THE BUILDING TROOPERS SAY THEY GAVE HIM VERBAL COMMANDS BUT REGIME FAILED TO COMPLY AND THAT’S WHEN THEY ENGAGED GUN FIRE HITTING REGIME IN THE CHANGE HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE AGAIN HE IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION LEE’S SUMMIT POLICE ALSO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. HE WAS DRIVING FOR ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS BUT FOUND NOTHING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NOW ASSISTING IN THE INVESTIGATION BY PROCESSING ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AT RAHIM’S RESIDENTS IN KANSAS CITY THEY SEIZED THREE FIREARMS AS WELL AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION THERE. OBVIOUSLY WHEN HE GOT HERE HE WAS HE WAS SET TO DO SOME HARM SET TO DO. SOMETHING SOMETHING BAD ANYTIME WE HAVE TO USE DEADLY FORCE, YOU KNOW, THAT’S A STRESSFUL THING FOR OUR OFFICERS AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY. THERE’S A LOOK AT THE WINDOW THAT WAS BROKEN WHEN THAT GUNFIRE WAS EXCHANGED AUTHORITY IS NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE AND TROOP A HEADQUARTERS OPEN BACK UP HERE FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS AT 7 A.M. REPORTING LI