Around 6 p.m.- it had been initially reported that someone fired upon two KC-MO cops on Gregory Boulevard near I-435.
The windshield of the police car had reportedly been shot-out by the unknown assailant.
Oops!
According to a KANSAS CITY STAR story just published- the cops who thought someone was shooting at them was only a "backfiring van."
On top of that- it's reported that the 2 cops in their car shot-out THEIR OWN WINDSHIELD before they bailed out of their car.
More than 2 dozen cops responded to the now-apparently bogus call- and they had the freeway ramps and Gregory itself shut-down for more than 4 hours after the "backfire."
One question I have: Were BOTH of these cops ROOKIES????
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5 comments:
Well, that makes two stories that were not what they seemed! (See the Overland Park "bank robbery" story!)
The Observer
The bank robbery-thing was moronic behavior by some petty thugs that included the idiot bank teller.
No ones' life was in danger when that story came out.
But the KC-MO Police incident- to me- is cause for REAL concern.
The fellow's white van- said to be his work vehicle- no doubt broke a timing chain/belt- he's trying to restart it and the vehicle is backfiring.
It's happened to me before- but NOT like it happened to THAT poor guy.
Those 2 cops are DAMN lucky no civilian was hurt or killed by their erratic behavior.
It seems those 2 officers should be assigned to non-patrol duties- especially during times of year that loud noises are likely: July 4- New Years- - any day that vehicles could "backfire-" thunderstorms- etc..
Hope U have a nice weekend TO...
-Groucho
Groucho
Oh, I agree this was serious. Remember the first reports--that a police car had taken fire--rather than the other way around.
I bet they were pretty sad when the real story came out.
The Observer
(chuckling) Sad is one word...
I hope they publicize their names if the department puts those two back on the streets.
At the very least- don't put 3-year officers together in 'two-man' cars.
Oh- notice how The STAR disallowed comments on the story where they interviewing the van's owner?
InterVIWED rather...
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