Investigation continues into I-29 road rage shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A suspected road rage shooting is being investigated after someone shot at a car on I-29 near Vivion Road in the Northland.
The shooting happened around 11:40 a.m. Thursday in front of witnesses. Despite that, the shooter has yet to be arrested.
Dash camera video from a tractor-trailer reveals the suspect's vehicle is a white Mercedes with what appears to be a temporary registration tag on the back. The victim was not hit; the only damage was to their vehicle.
Cpl. Justin Ewing with the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) said it stemmed from some sort of exchange between the victim and suspect on the interstate. Investigators are still determining if it is in fact road rage but believe that is most likely the case.
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'We do believe it was speeding, which may have stuck out to someone,' explained Ewing when asking for witnesses to come forward.
MSHP is handling the investigation and can be reached at (816) 622-0800 with any information.
'Anyone willing to fire a gun at another vehicle in the middle of the day, that's a clear disregard for the safety of the people around them,' he said.
While that investigation continues, so does another just five miles north on that same interstate.
Sports reporter . The 50-year-old's case remains unsolved as tips are starting to dry up.
'We're still working on things that we've subpoenaed for either video footage. We've even tried to send off some of the camera footage we have to get the image cleared up, but unfortunately, a lot of the footage we have is really grainy,' said Cpt. Jeffrey Shanks with the Platte County Sheriff's Office.
He said the weather that night did not help the investigation.
Since the city was still thawing out from a blizzard not many people were on the road around 7 p.m. The sheriff's office is also not sure what kind of car the shooter was driving, but believe it was most likely a small sedan.
'It was hard to even judge a color because of the salt debris and everything else. Even a dark-colored vehicle with debris on it would have looked light or two-tone,' Shanks said.
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At this point, neither agency said there is any indication that the shootings are connected. Still, ballistics testing needs to be conducted which could .
In the meantime, anyone with information about Dennis Sharkey's murder is asked to call either the Platte County Sheriff's Office at (816) 858-2424 or the TIPS Hotline, which is offering a monetary reward for information that leads to an arrest. That number is (816) 474-8477.
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