The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed a deputy’s line-of-duty death Saturday afternoon.Deputy Elijah Ming, 34, was shot and killed on July 26, 2025, while responding to a domestic incident.

The Kansas City community knows Elijah Ming as a Wyandotte County sheriff's deputy dressed in a blue law enforcement uniform. But his former teammates know him as Eli, and he wore a different uniform.

A 34-year-old Kansas sheriff's deputy was killed Saturday when he was shot while answering a domestic violence call, authorities said.