Lenexa Police Department released 911 call, bodycam from a June incident that left a man dead

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Lenexa, KS - The Johnson County district attorney’s office announced Thursday that charges will not be filed in a deadly shooting by a Lenexa, Kansas, police officer.

District Attorney Stephen Howe, joined by members of the Officer-Involved Critical Incident Investigation Team, held a news conference to discuss a June 22, 2025, shooting that left 25-year-old Jose Enrique Cartagena Chacon from Grandview, Missouri, dead.

Officers with the Lenexa Police Department responded to Lenexa Crossing Apartments on June 22 regarding reports of an armed person near the complex. Friends reportedly told police that Cartagena Chacon was pointing a pellet gun at their chests and heads.

When they arrived, they found a person, later identified as Cartagena Chacon, inside a parked car near the apartment clubhouse. Officers reportedly originally thought that he was the one who called 911.

Officers saw a gun in his lap, and told him to put his hands up. Cartagena Chacon picked up the gun, which was unloaded, and one of the responding officers shot Cartagena Chacon eight times. Cartagena Chacon was later pronounced dead at a hospital. No officers were hurt in the incident.

The district attorney’s report Thursday said the officer “reasonably believed” that his and another officer’s lives were in danger.

The firearm was later confirmed to be a CO2 pellet gun, which is considered a firearm under Kansas law.

The report called the use of deadly force “justified” under Kansas law, and neither officer involved in the incident will face charges. Both officers still work for the Lenexa Police Department.