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Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Yahoo
Police investigate shooting at Northland KC apartment after man dies at hospital
Police are investigating a shooting that killed one man in Kansas City's Cooley Highlands neighborhood Saturday morning. Officers responded just after 11 a.m. to the 3000 block of Northeast 37th Street after a call about the sound of gunfire. While officers were on their way to the scene, they were notified that a man arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds, said Jake Becchina, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman. Hospital staff told police the man was dropped off in a private vehicle and left there by himself. A short time later, the man died at the hospital from his injuries, Becchina said. Police have not yet publicly identified the man. Officers later found evidence that a shooting likely occurred inside an apartment building on 37th Street, Becchina said. Detectives have been canvassing the Northland neighborhood for witnesses and processing the scene for evidence. The killing is Kansas City's 70th homicide this year, according to data maintained by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings. At this time last year, the city had recorded 67 homicides. Becchina said KCPD is asking for the public's help with information about the shooting. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call homicide unit detectives directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-8477. There is a reward of up to $25,000 for information submitted anonymously to the TIPS hotline.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Yahoo
Speeding driver killed in wrong way crash with Jackson County Sheriff's deputy, police say
One person was killed in a head-on crash with a Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputy Friday, according to police. Officers responded to a fatal crash just before 11 p.m. Friday, according to a crash report from the Kansas City Police Department. A preliminary investigation showed that a silver Honda Accord sped north in the southbound lanes of Blue Ridge Cutoff, the crash report said. A deputy with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office drove south on Blue Ridge Cutoff near Sni A Bar Road in a black Ford Explorer patrol vehicle. Authorities said the Honda then struck the patrol vehicle head on. Paramedics pronounced the driver of the Honda dead at the scene. First responders took the deputy to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the crash report said. The deputy is recovering from his injuries, police said in the crash report. An investigation into the crash is ongoing. The crash is Kansas City's eighth traffic fatality of 2025, according to Capt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman with KCPD. At this time last year, the city had recorded 20 traffic deaths, Becchina said.
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Yahoo
Two killed, one seriously injured in early morning crash in Kansas City's Northland
A single-vehicle crash killed two people and seriously injured another in Kansas City's Northland early Saturday, police said. Officers were called around 1 a.m. to Northeast Cookingham Drive near its intersection with Reinking Road after a Chevrolet Tahoe went off the road and crashed, said Captain Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department. The Tahoe had been speeding east on Cookingham Drive and went off the street at a curve in the roadway, he said. The SUV went down an embankment, hit a sign and several trees before it caught on fire and was engulfed in flames. The driver and a passenger who was sitting in the front seat were declared dead at the scene. A passenger who was sitting in a back seat was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries, Becchina said.
