Man faces seven charges after violent incident in Overland Park on Tuesday

KANSAS CITY, Missouri – A man is charged with seven felonies after allegedly shooting an Overland Park police officer and robbing a person in the parking lot of an Overland Park McDonald's Tuesday morning.

Sulif Wilkins, 34, of Leavenworth, is charged in Johnson District Court with attempted murder, aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated robbery, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of possession of a shotgun with a barrel length of less than 18 inches.

The incident began around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday morning when police were called to a report of a serious assault at College Boulevard and Oakmont Street.

According to Overland Park police, officers were unable to locate a suspect at that location, but a traffic camera captured the suspect in a vehicle in the McDonald's parking lot near the intersection of College Boulevard and Quivira Road.

Wilkins allegedly pointed a gun at an employee who came out and ordered Wilkins to get out of her car.

The employee went back into the restaurant and called the police.

When they arrived, Overland Park police said they saw Wilkins robbing someone in the parking lot with an illegally modified rifle.

Officers ordered Wilkins to drop the weapon, but he shot one of the officers several times.

None of the officers returned fire at Wilkins. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Wilkins dropped the weapon and was arrested.

His first court date is scheduled for Thursday.

A judge set his bail at $5 million.

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