Saturday, August 01, 2009

K.C. MetroRegion News Overnight - August 1- 2009



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Killa City continues- 2 confirmed homicides in KC-MO since midnight.


*** Two teens seriously injured in an Independence-MO shooting.


** Two teen males were shot in Kansas City-KS just before 2:45 am Saturday morning.

The victims- ages 15 and 19- were both shot in a leg in the 1500 block of North 5th Street.

The teen's injuries were not life-threatening with no suspect information.


** Someone set playground equipment at the Christa Mc Auliffe elementary school at 15600 West 83rd Street in Lenexa-KS about 12:15 am..

A LFD fire crew on-the-scene said "a 10 by 10 foot area" of the playground was on fire.

The fire was reported under control at 12:28 am and a fire investigator was ordered here based on a suspicion of arson.


** KC-MO's south-midtown and midtown fire companies worked two house fires early Saturday morning.

The first was a 1-story house fire at 51st Street and Euclid at 4:50 am..

No victims were found inside by firefighters.

Two small streams were used on the flames and the fire was under control about 20 minutes later.

The 2nd fire was in a yet-undetermined occupancy house in the 2700 block of Wabash just before 6:30 am.

A responding fire company could see the smoke rising from as far as 6 blocks away- and reported a working fire on their 6:32 am arrival.

Two handlines were used on this fire in a 2-1/2/-story house that had been converted into apartments- a fire chief said.

No injuries were reported at either fire and both were under investigation for arson.


** Nevada fire crews responded to a "still-occupied" house fire in that west-central Missouri community at 2:10 am..

A police officer who arriver at 2:15 am said the occupants had escaped safely- but fire was consuming the garage.

No further information was available on this incident yet.

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