Kansas City Crime Scene: Deadly Gunfire, Visitor Mom Locked Up, Protest & Pet Danger

A quick collection of crime reporting today regarding ongoing local violence and a few other surprise threats.

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1 critically injured in shooting Friday evening in parking lot of Northland Walmart

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One person was critically wounded in a shooting Friday evening in the parking lot of a Walmart at 8551 North Boardwalk Avenue in the Northland. The shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. and may have happened during a carjacking. Police did locate the victim's car, but did not find any suspects, police said.

KCK police shoot, kill man while responding to an overdose call

Kansas City, Kan., police say one person has died after a police officer shot an individual on Friday night. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 5200 block of Georgia Ave. in KCK. Kansas City, Kan., police say they were responding on an overdose call in the 5200 block of Rowland Ave.

KC mom of Missouri inmate locked in prison visitation room for 12 hours

CAMERON, Mo. - In November, 54-year-old Denice Rainey sat in a small, cubby-like visitation room at Crossroads Correctional Center, staring at her shackled son through barrier glass. "'Oh my gosh,' you know, 'we've been here for a long time,'" she recalled telling her son, who she asked to remain anonymous.

Shawnee family whose son died from fentanyl poisoning joins Snapchat lawsuit

HE LOVED TO LIVE. REPORTER: 16-YEAR-OLD COEROP DAVIS LOVED ADVENTURE. YOU KNOW CLIFF JUMPING, HE WAS FEARLESS, JUST REAYLL FEARLE.SS REPORTER: LIBBY AND RANDY DAVIS, HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE THEIRON S LOVED THE WATER. LOVED THE OUTDOORS. I WOULD SAY THAT WAS HIS HAPPY PLE.AC REPORTER: AND IT WAS LAST YEAR, THOSE PICTURES OF COOPER, BECAME PRICELESS MEMORIES.

From Memphis to Kansas City, police and community must prevent the next Tyre Nichols | Opinion

OPINION AND COMMENTARY January was a weeping month for the United States of America. We wept as a man lay haplessly on a football field during a nationally televised game. We wept during the Lunar New Year massacre in Monterey Park, California, that killed 11 people.

Overland Park detectives seeking new tips in 1977 cold case homicide

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Overland Park Police detectives are seeking any new tips or information about a homicide inside a residence in the 7900 block of W. 87 th Street that happened over 45 years ago.

1 hospitalized following Prairie Village head-on crash blamed on distracted driving from pet being inside vehicle

Prairie Village Police Department SOURCE: Prairie Village Police Department An individual was hospitalized late Thursday night in Prairie Village from a crash blamed on distracted driving due to a pet in the vehicle. Police say the head-on injury crash happened in the area of 75th Street and Lamar.

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