Saturday, March 24, 2007

The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Saturday, March 24, 2007

***KC, KS. CAR WRECK VICTIM FOUND DEAD OF A GUNSHOT***
KC-KS Fire & EMS units were called to what was dispatched as a car wreck in the 3600 block of North 47th Street at 0411 CDT. What they found was the male driver dead of a gunshot wound to the head.

Police soon arrived, cordoned off the scene and called for investigators.
Police also would like to talk to the person that reported the crash "at 4:02" am by cellphone for any possible further informaton they may have.
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**HOME INVASION AND ASSAULT IN MERRIAM, KS**
A call was received here at News & Weather Central of an assault victim at was is apparently a criminal home invasion in the 8600 block of West 54th Terrace.
There was no report on the extent of injuries to the victim and police continued to investigate as of this report.
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**FIRES DAMAGES A VACANT HOUSE IN KC - A FIRE ALARM CAUSE INJURY TO A GLADSTONE, MO RESIDENT**

Five fire companies were rousted from bed at 0511 CDT to go fight a vacant house fire in the 2100 block of East 82nd Terrace.
The glow of flames illuminated the "1-story" structure when fire trucks first pulled up. The firefight was hindered by 3 dead fire hydrants in closest proximity to the fire.
The pyre is quelled by 0535 CDT with no injuries. Cause suspicious and under investigation.

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Just after 0400 CDT, GLADSTONE fire companies responded on an automatic fire alarm at a elderly-care facility in the 3000 block of N.E. 64th Street.
The call was a false alarm - but an elderly woman fell down some stairs during the fire alarm evacuation and had to be taken to a hospital.
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*POLICE PURSUITS RESULT IN AT LEAST 6 ARRESTS - NO INJURIES TO INNOCENTS*

The first chase started around 0130 CDT in south KC-MO.
An officer spotted a Cadillac with 3 possible male suspects of a shots-fired call in the Ruskin Heights area westbound on Bannister near I-435.
Speeds reached as high as 90 miles-per-hour as the suspect fled west on Bannister, then noth on Holmes where they bailed-out of the Caddy around 92nd Street and Charlotte.
The male driver was soon captured - and after an about 30-minute search by hound & helicopter - the other two were caught.
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The next chase was around 0220 CDT by a JOHNSON COUNTY KS. Sheriff's deputy of a car in southern OVERLAND PARK.
The pursuit is joined in progress southbound on Antioch from 139th Street- at speeds of "65-70" m.p.h..
The male driver with his female passenger turned west on 147th Street and stopped and attempted to flee at Carter. Both occupants were arrested.
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A brief chase on I-35 got the vehicle stopped & the possible suspect of a multiple-shots fired incident in OLATHE, KS. arrested around 0225 CDT.

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Around 0520 CDT, a KC-KS officer tried to "catch up with a car doing at least 100" on northbound I-635 approaching the Missouri River. The officer terminated the chase when it crossed the state line.
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*NOT ONLY BLOW-TORCH LINGERIE*

Shortly after 0630 CDT Saturday morning, police report a call from an employee of "the Victoria's Secret store in Zona Rosa" northwest of the interchange of I-29 & Barry Road.
The caller reported that "someone tried to dis-assemble an A.T.M. with a blow-torch."
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***OVERNIGHT WEATHER***

Clouds, occasional showers and continued mild and humid weather prevailed overnight.
Temperatures stayed around the 60-degree mark with light southerly breezes- pumping up Gulf of Mexico moisture.

The heaviest precipitaion in the form of thunderstorms stayed in the western and northern parts of the MetroRegion.

Scattered showers- maybe some thunder - over the next 24 hours - but warm.

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First with Kansas City Metro Region Breaking News - KSHB NBC41 ACTION NEWS.
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