Oppd ofc. Mike Mosher remembered the service 5 years after the death rise

Overland Park, Kan. – It was five years ago that the Overland Park Police Department ofc. Mike Mosher was shot on Sunday, May 3, 2020, on an incident with a hit-and-run incident.

The city of Overland Park marks the anniversary with a public monument, not far from the place where it happened.

I recently put together with Mike's father, the city council of Overland Park, Scott Mosher, to see what this time of time means for him.

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“I left the tape up because this is the original band,” said Scott, pointing to a blue ribbon that was wrapped around a tree near the place where his son was killed. “I will probably come here once a month; I drive all the time.”

You could say that it is a one -day moments for five years.

“You know, the memories are going on every day,” said Scott to me. “So five years are no different for me than on any other day.”

Scott Mosher radiates a feeling of peace that is almost difficult to believe. I am a father and I don't know that I can talk about losing a son as he does.

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“Of course, the human part of me misses him,” said Mosher. “But the father part of me says that what he did [of] What could he have achieved if he hadn't been killed? I think he has achieved what the Lord wanted from him. “

There is a permanent badge on the floor on a street lamp in the 123rd street in Overland Park. Scott also pointed out a faded place in the street, where he said that the actual shootout had taken place.

OFC. Mike Mosher was on the way to work that day, already in uniform when he responded to an alleged hit and run. There he met Phillip Carney.

Mike's body camera caught the exchange, including the moment when Carney pulled a gun. The two men shot themselves fatally.

A few years ago, Scott told me that he saw this video every year. I asked him if he wanted to do this again on the fifth anniversary.

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“Absolutely,” he said. “In fact, I probably do it more often so that I do not experience the experience again, but to hear his voice. It is the only place where I have his voice.”

Scott lost his wife about a year after Mike's death.

Later he was a friendship with Carney's parents. This friendship is still strong today.

“I see it as … we both lost a son that day,” said Scott to me. “Our relationship helped. And I appreciate your relationship.”

I sat down with all three parents a few years ago. The Carney describes the friendship they built with the Mosher family.

“Everything is possible with God's mercy, that's what it taught me,” said Paul Carney. “God took that and he makes a masterpiece of it. I can't see it otherwise.”

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Today Scott Mosher is absolutely another person. On the one hand, he is city council in the Overland Park, which he said that his son asked him to follow him before he died.

But what is more important …

“What comes to mind is the forgiveness that I have in my heart, the empathy that I have for others that I didn't have before,” said Scott.

And he is looking forward to the day he will see his son again.

“Everything we really have when someone is over are the memories we have of them, and that keeps our heart calm,” said Scott. “We are only here for a short time, in God's plan, and we will be together again. I'm not saying that it doesn't. It does, but it is a manageable injuries based on the memories of our loved ones.”

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I also turned to Paul and Julie Carney for their thoughts for the fifth anniversary.

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“Today we find less reason for anger due to the mercy that the Mosher family showed us. We are a little faster to forgive. We try to pay it with grace for others if we can.

“We are grateful that Officer Mike was there on May 3 to prevent our son from hurt others. We mourn his loss and mourn his family.

“I wrote a letter to the president and sent copies to our two senators, the Mike honor. In the letter in which I once again demanded after an immediate deposit for those who were arrested under the influence of drugs or alcohol, at least free of drugs and alcohol in her system and had therapy for maybe 2 week months. We have the life of Mike and our life and our nons.

“We like to develop the programs that are developing, rehab for those who have been arrested with mental health and/or addiction problems. However, they are not always arrested for some people who are arrested in Douglas County, but the Sims program that we learned a few years ago, a few years ago when we were invited to the JOCO.

“We also support them Welcome house This is a facility in KCMO that helps men to be recovered. You have done remarkable work for your customers. It was the only place where our son has long been doing well.

“We would have been torn apart without the mercy and forgiveness that the family of Mosher and the advice we received from our consultants Jacque and Mike Moffitt.

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The city of Overland Park changed a section of the 123rd Street near the shootout in Mike Mosher Boulevard.

On Monday, May 5th, the city organizes a public monument that marks the five -year anniversary of OFC. Moser's death.

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