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Lawsuit filed against Independence officers in shooting that killed mother, infant daughter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The family of Maria Pike, a woman who was killed in an Independence police shooting last November alongside her infant daughter, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Jackson County against the officers who were involved. An attorney for Tom and Lynn Pike, along with Mitchell Holder, Jr., filed suit on Thursday against Independence police officers Jordan White and Chad Cox for the Nov. 7, 2024, shooting. The lawsuit claims th…

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Lawsuit filed against Independence officers in shooting that killed mother, infant daughter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The family of Maria Pike, a woman who was killed in an Independence police shooting last November alongside her infant daughter, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Jackson County against the officers who were involved. An attorney for Tom and Lynn Pike, along with Mitchell Holder, Jr., filed suit on Thursday against Independence police officers Jordan White and Chad Cox for the Nov. 7, 2024, shooting. The lawsuit claims th…

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Independence mother and baby killed by police suffered 'great physical pain,' lawsuit says

A lawsuit filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court says two Independence police officers acted with malice and were reckless when they killed Maria Pike, 34 and her two-month-old baby Destinii Hope.

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