For Immediate Release
Feb. 6, 2024
A Southeast High School student has been charged as a result of an altercation with a school resource officer that injured the officer who remains hospitalized, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Tre'viar Lowe faces a count of Assault 3rd Degree Special Victim.*
According to court records filed today, officers with the Kansas City (MO) Police Department who are assigned to Southeast High School as school resource officers observed on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, an altercation involving students at the school. They responded and an officer was kicked several times by a student while the officer was escorting a female student to school administrators. The defendant jumped into the scuffle and had a headlock on the officer for 10 seconds before he was pulled away. The officer complained of a sore throat, had labored breathing and is currently in the hospital.
For more information, contact:
Michael Mansur
Director of Communication
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
Jean Peters Baker, Prosecutor
(816) 881-3812
(816) 674-3954
mmansur@jacksongov.org
http://jacksoncountyprosecutor.com
*Charges are only accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or pleads guilty.