12-year-old boy dies pharmacy parking lot shooting [Cops]
Murder
Two people, an adult and a juvenile, have been charged, while a second juvenile could be charged later.
Accident
February 7, 2021
5-year-old girl fighting for life after car crash involving KC Chiefs assistant coach
A 5-year-old girl remains hospitalized Sunday and has not awakened since she was critically injured in a car crash on Thursday, the Kansas City Star reports. The girl, identified as Ariel by her family, was in a car struck by a pickup truck driven by Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid — the 35-year-old …
Mass shooting
October 6, 2019
UPDATE: Police seek two suspects in fatal Kansas City bar shooting
Nine people were shot, four fatally, at a Kansas City, Kansas, bar early Sunday morning, and police are looking for two suspects caught on surveillance video, KMBC reported Sunday afternoon. Police said their preliminary investigation indicated that the shooting stemmed from an altercation earlier in the evening. According to KMBC, authorities believe that three men …
Violent Crime
March 14, 2019
Woman says ‘Lord’s Prayer’ artwork stopped bullet when someone shot into her home: Cops
When a bullet pierced through the home of 70-year-old Constance Effie, the Kansas woman did not know what happened. In the aftermath, however, she said she realized not only what happened but that it was stopped in what some see as a case of divine intervention. According to WDAF, Effie was with her husband at …
Murder
October 11, 2018
Terminally ill man acts as daughter’s hitman, fatally shoots her estranged husband, self, in staged murder-suicide: Cops
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri jail guard persuaded her terminally ill father to fatally shoot her estranged husband to resolve a custody dispute and then kill himself so it appeared to be a murder-suicide, authorities allege. Elizabeth Kilgore, 35, of Quincy, pleaded not guilty last week to …
Family Crime
July 12, 2018
Mom of two babies found mysteriously dead outside of their home explains what happened: Report
A Missouri mom who found her two young daughters mysteriously unconscious last Wednesday has reportedly explained her version what happened the day they died. Kansas City Star reports that Jenna Boedecker allegedly told authorities that she fell asleep in her car on July 4 after she lost her house key. She said her daughters, 2-year-old Ireland …
Sex Crimes
June 28, 2018
College professor drives nearly 600 miles to have sex with 14-year-old girl: FBI
Authorities in Missouri say an Ohio professor traveled hundreds of miles on the promise of engaging in sex with an underage girl. According to the New York Post, 52-year-old Kevin Armitage was a Miami University professor when he began communicating online with a user who identified herself as a 14-year-old girl. Armitage used a website …
Homicide
May 10, 2018
Community leader helps grieving family raise $15K as reward for tips about 9-year-old’s shooting death
A grieving family and community leaders are desperate for answers after a 9-year-old boy was killed earlier this year in a vehicular shooting. Dominic “D.J.” Young Jr.’s father reportedly told authorities he and the victim were inside a rental truck on January 20 when someone began shooting. The boy was struck during the gunfire and …
Court
February 21, 2018
Girl was taken to motel and raped after school allowed violent felon to pick her up: Lawsuit
The victim contracted a venereal disease from the 2010 attack, the lawsuit also alleged
Family Crime
November 15, 2017
‘Dad’ chops up his wife in front of their young kids and stuffs her body in coolers: Prosecutors
A Missouri man is accused of dismembering his wife in a hotel room just days after she gave birth to their second child. According to WDAF, 35-year-old Justin Rey allegedly cut his wife’s body into pieces last month in front of the couple’s 2-year-old and newborn children. This week, prosecutors filed charges of abandoning a …
Homicide
October 26, 2017
DNA on Burger King straw led investigators to suspect in fatal hit-and-run: Prosecutor
Chicago police say a suspect is in custody nearly three years after a 63-year-old woman was killed in a head-on collision. According to the Chicago Tribune, 23-year-old Adrian Segura was arrested this week after a warrant was issued earlier this month. Police believe the Kansas City, Missouri, man stole an SUV in December 2014, which …
Violent Crime
September 21, 2017
Dad and daughter arrested for beating high school teen, critically injuring him: Police
Missouri prosecutors charged a daughter and father on Wednesday with assault after they allegedly beat a high school boy so badly that he was left in critical condition. New York Daily News reports that Josiah Wright, 39, and his daughter, Jonay Wright, 17, reportedly went to Ruskin High School in Kansas City to pick up Jonay’s class …