***North KC-MO Shooting ******A male is in critical condition at an area trauma center this morning after the incident around 2:35am.
The male victim was reported by police to be in his vehicle at Armour Road and Linn street when a white male suspect in another vehicle opened fire on him. That suspect and at least 1 other in the vehicle then sped off- last seen eastbound on M-210 highway.
The victim made it as far as a nearby convenience store where he was found by police and EMS. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds according to EMS reports- and though his condition was described as critical- police report his condition as stable an hour after the shooting.
No motive was yet established by NKC-PD and no suspects yet in custody.
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** Two Wrecks & A Fire Keep Same KC-MO Fire Crews Busy **
*** It all started around 3:10am Saturday morning when 3 KC-MO fire companies- MAST-EMS and police responded on a reported "18-wheeler rolled over" in the 4700 block of East Bannister Road.
A truck-tractor is found on it's side- a traffic standard resting on it and the bob-tail's fuel tanks leaking- driver only has minor hurt . HAZ-MAT responds as well as the MO EPA for the fuel leak.
Bannister is still closed between U.S. 71 & I-435 as of this report.
Pumper 41 stays at the Bannister crash scene and 2 other units just clear there as the next incident comes in nearby at 4:12am- a 1-car crash on southbound U.S. 71 in about the 9000 block.
Fire officers report a female driver has gone off the highway and into a creek. Fortunately- there was only a reported "foot" of water in the creek- and the female refused MAST-EMS transport to a hospital.
Pumper 41 is leaving the Bannister wreck/fuel spill scene to Haz-Mat around 4:20am when they spot smoke and a glow on a bluff to their west- this results to be a house fire in the 9200 block of Indiana.
Companies from the U.S. 71 wreck also go with 41's and the small- 1-story house is heavily-engulfed in flames when 41's arrives at 4:24am.
Fortunately- the house was empty. Unfortunately- arson's suspected. None of the sleep-deprived firefighters were injured.
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** Independence-MO Police "Suspects" Wreck **
... A female reportedly has a deep head wound from wrecking her vehicle after Independence police attemped to stop her on 23rd Street at I-435 around 5:20am.
The call was initially a possible shooting- possibly involving the IPD- but it appears to be just injuries from the crash. Initial reports were that the female driver attempted to run an officer over with her car- but that could not be confirmed..
KC-MO police were investigating.
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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>
Temperatures more like mid to late-March prevailed MetroRegion-wide overnight- nearing the freezing mark in northwest & northern areas. Light to calm winds didn't help along with clear skies- allowing considerable radiational cooling.
A warm-up today from Friday's chill before clouds increase later today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight into Sunday morning.
No severe weather is expected and rainfall totals not expected to be critical.
The front causing the showers is expected to possibly cause a frost or light freeze from generally along and north of U.S. Highways 50 in Missouri & 56 in Kansas Monday morning.
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