Kansas City Morning Crime Update: Overnight Urban Core Shooting, Targeting Kansas Johns & Northland Breakfast Heist

Quick glimpse at the early morning crime reports:

KCMO Shooting Cont'd

Police investigate overnight shooting in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- Police are investigating after a person was shot near Wabash Avenue and 39th Street. Police lights filled the area as crews combed the streets for evidence. No word yet on how badly the victim was hurt No information on a suspect has been released yet.

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Jackson County sheriff: Deputies involved in shooting in Independence

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jackson County Interim Sheriff Darryl Forte' tweeted Tuesday morning that his agency was responding to a reported deputy-involved shooting. Forte' said in the tweet it happened near 39th and Woodland in Independence, Missouri. The sheriff was told no law enforcement personnel were hurt.

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Kansas leaders join growing number of states working to go after sex-buyers

TOPEKA, Kan. - The state of Kansas recently joined nearly a dozen other states working to crack down on human sex trafficking, and they're going after the people paying for it. Attorney General David Schmidt and Gov. Jeff Coyler are the latest leaders to sign the Demand an End petition.

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Police searching for Waffle House robbery suspects in Northland

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- Police are searching for two people after an armed robbery in the Northland. It happened just before 3 a.m. Tuesday, at the Waffle House on Prairie View Road and Northwest 97th Street. Police say two men, armed with a gun and a knife, robbed the store and got away with cash.

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