Showing posts with label Kansas City MetroRegion News Media's Only Overnight News Report 070807. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 08, 2007

The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday, July 08, 2007

** SHOOTINGS INJURE MALES IN BOTH KANSAS CITYS **

... In KC-KS- a male was seriously wounded by 2 gunshots to the back in the 600 block of Kansas Avenue at 1:53 am..

The victim was taken to a KC-MO trauma center- since Wyandotte County's only trauma center- K.U.- was closed. No suspect information was heard.
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... In KC-MO- the call came in at 1:33 am for a shooting at 39th Street and Broadway.


Here a 19-year-old male received a non life-threatening gunshot to his ankle- apparently delivered by a drive-by shooter in a green car.
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** HOUSE FIRES IN KC & AMSTERDAM-MO **

... The KC-MO fire was dispatched at 12:51 am- a house on fire in the 4000 block of Indiana- and possibly still occupied.
Firefighters arrived 2 minutes later reporting the back of the house on fire- but after searching the interior crews didn't find anyone trapped inside. The fire's under control at 1:04 am..
The home was moderately-damaged and Red Cross was called for the occupant who turned up later. No one was injured.

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At 4:18 am- a fire was reported in a house in Amsterdam-MO in northwestern Bates County.
The occupants escaped uninjured- but firefighters from Amsterdam- Amoret- Drexel and Archie are still battling the fire as of 7 am Sunday morning. There have been no reports of injuries.

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** MAN FALLS OUT A WINDOW - A CAR CRASHES INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN LAWRENCE-KS **

... The fall was in the 100 block of Hanover Place at 3:19 am. There was reported a "male had fallen 30-feet out a window."

Apparently he either didn't fall that far or something broke his fall- for his injuries were reported as not immediately life-threatening as he was taken to the Lawrence hospital.
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No one was injured just after 6 am when a compact car crashed halfway into an apartment building in the 500 block of Frontier Road.
EMS did report 3 people shaken up by the unusual wake-up call however.

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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>

Another crystal-clear night in the MetroRegion with light south winds and temperatures in the 70-75 degree range at dawn.

The chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase late Monday into Tuesday as a cool front approaches. The front will slow down as it approaches our area- weather models are indicating the front may stall near or south of the MetroRegion.

If the front does stall- there again is the chance for heavy rain where it does.

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