Authorities talk at the scene after a police detective was shot near the Kansas Speedway on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Kansas City, Kan. A Kansas City, Kan., police detective helping respond to a report of a suspicious person near a racetrack was fatally shot Monday. (Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star via AP)

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Prosecutors on Tuesday weighed charges against a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Kansas police detective and a string of carjackings who was shot by police and captured in Missouri.

The detective, 39-year-old Brad Lancaster, was shot at least twice about 12:30 p.m. Monday near a racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas, while responding to a casino’s report of someone acting suspiciously nearby, police said. Lancaster, a married father of two daughters, died three hours later after undergoing surgery, his department said.

Authorities quickly announced a manhunt for 28-year-old parolee Curtis Ayers, who was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, after crashing a car during a police chase and trying to hijack a woman’s vehicle. He was wounded in a shootout with officers.

Ayers, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, and the woman who authorities say was shot during the attempted carjacking both were in stable condition Tuesday, their injuries not considered life-threatening, police said.

The intentional killing of a police officer carries a possible death sentence in Kansas, though no charges were immediately filed Tuesday against Ayers. Chris Schneider, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Wyandotte County where Lancaster was shot, said charges likely would come Wednesday, citing the multi-jurisdictional investigation he described as “fluid.”

In a statement Tuesday, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt called Lancaster’s death “senseless,” though it wasn’t clear if his office was involved in discussions about charges or would press for capital punishment. The Associated Press left a message with a Schmidt spokeswoman seeking comment Tuesday.

This undated image provided by the Kansas City Police Department shows Brad Lancaster. The police detective was fatally shot Monday, May 9, 2016, while investigating reports of a suspicious person near a racetrack in Kansas City, Kan. He died after undergoing surgery, his department said in a statement. (Kansas City Police Department via AP)

The shooting of Lancaster happened just minutes after an employee of the Hollywood Casino reported someone — identified as Ayers — acting suspiciously near there, Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman Patrick McCallop said.

Ayers was believed to have frequented the casino, “although I’m not sure what made them feel suspicious about him,” McCallop told AP.

“From what I heard, it’s not like he lost money” at the casino that day, McCallop said. “I’m not sure if (the casino) just felt something different about him” and felt compelled to report it.

A spokeswoman for the casino, Karen Bailey Chapman, declined to comment Tuesday, referring questions to the police.

Police said the assailant shot Lancaster and fled in Lancaster’s unmarked car. He later hijacked a vehicle with two children inside before abandoning that in nearby Basehor, Kansas. The children were not harmed. He then commandeered a third vehicle that he crashed moments before his capture.

Lancaster’s mother, Carolynn Lancaster, told The Kansas City Star that her son “was the rock of the family.” She couldn’t immediately be reached by The Associated Press for comment, and the department says Lancaster’s family has requested privacy.

Brad Lancaster was a U.S. Air Force veteran who had served two tours of duty overseas, including one in Kuwait, the newspaper reported.

Ayers served prison time in Kansas in recent years for convictions involving child abandonment, fleeing or trying to elude law enforcers, and interference with a law enforcement officer, online Kansas Department of Corrections records show. Court records say he also was charged in North Carolina with offenses ranging from misdemeanor theft to possession of stolen goods and burglarizing vehicles.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered flags in Wyandotte County to be lowered to half-staff through sundown Wednesday in Lancaster’s memory.