CSW BREAKING: Crash Victim Who Was Shot is KC-MO's 53rd Homicide for 2011

The initial report at 2:10 a.m. Sunday morning was of a vehicle crash at 38th Street and Flora in Midtown.

There was also the report of a house struck by the vehicle.

Police arrived minutes later- and found that the male driver of the vehicle had been shot.

That victim was declared dead on the scene by an EMS crew.

There wasn't any suspect information for police to work on yet.

On Saturday night- KC-MO reached Homicide Number 52 when a man was killed after a drive-by shooting at 34th Street and Bales.

Police were looking for a Pontiac 4-door with tinted windows containing at least 2 black males in that incident.

CSW BREAKING: Male Shot in The Butt in KC-KS

A male is in serious condition after being shot in his right buttocks early Sunday morning.

The incident occurred about 2:10 a.m. in the 900 block of Haskell.

No suspect information was yet available.

CSW WEATHER: Excessively Hot Later Today- Monday

The National Weather Service (NWS) office for Kansas City in Pleasant Hill MO says there will be too much summer starting at noon today.

Actually- it's called an "Excessive Heat Warning" and it's in effect beginning noon today until 7 p.m. Monday evening.

Metro Kansas City counties in this Excessive Heat Warning are Johnson and Wyandotte in Kansas- Platte- Clay and Jackson counties in Missouri.


Actual temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees expected with humidity values making it feel like 103 to 108 degrees.

CSW BREAKING: At Least 3 Shot at Midtown KC-MO House Party

The call came into KC-MO emergency services at 11:40 p.m.- a reported shooting at or near the intersection of 41st Street and Montgall.


Police arrived in less than 3 minutes- reporting the incident "at 4125 Montgall- apparently a house party going on- about 50 people" present.

Officers then report one male shot in the leg- about 10 minutes later another "15-year-old male" shot in the arm shows up.

Within minutes- a 3rd shooting victim is reported- all victim's wounds said to be "not life-threatening." 

Only suspect information broadcast is at least 2 black males who drove by the party in an unknown vehicle and opened fire.

Olathe Apartment Building Damaged in 2-Alarm Fire

A 2-alarm fire at the Jefferson Place apartments in Olathe reportedly didn't hurt anyone.

The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon in one of the buildings of the complex located in the 12200 block of Strang Line Road.


A 2nd-alarm was sounded about 10 minutes later with the fire brought under control about 15 minutes after that.


No dollar damage estimate nor cause available yet.

May 22 Joplin Tornado Claims 159th Victim

The death toll from the EF-5 that tore apart south Joplin MO on May 22, 2011 has risen to 159 with the death of another injured victim in a Joplin-area hospital


Janice Kay McKee- 60- had been a resident of the Greenbriar Nursing home that was demolished by the tornado- and had actually passed away on June 13 from injuries she suffered during the tornado.

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 09

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Saturday morning- July 9.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

CSW BREAKING: Fatality Crash Near Holden MO- Stabbing in Valley Falls KS

Fairly quiet in Metro Kansas City so far this pleasant early July summer morning- but not the case MetroRegion-wide...


A stabbing was reported in Valley Falls KS around 12:40 a.m..



The incident occurred in the 1200 block of Oak- and it reportedly involved "a male on meth."

Police mounted a ground search for that male suspect- while the victim was transported by EMS to a Topeka hospital in at least serious condition.

No word if the suspect was ever caught.

Around 1:50 a.m.- a vehicle rolled-over and crashed on Southwest U Highway and Southwest 1171 Road just northeast of Holden MO..



At least one of the vehicle's occupants was reportedly ejected during the crash- and at least 1 fatality was also reported.

At least 2 people in the vehicle literally "walked away" from the crash scene a JoCoMO Fire-EMS dispatcher said.


In an accident report issued later Saturday- the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MOHP) states that 20-year-old Holden resident Randy F. Harvison was the passenger in a 2001 Chevy pickup driven by 20-year-old Loren Albert B. Page of Holden.

Page lost control of the truck northbound on U Highway and overturned- throwing the un-seatbelted Mr. Harvison out during the crash.

Mr. Harvison was killed- but the driver Mr. Page was reportedly not injured.

No other injuries were heard from this incident.

Man Charged For 2008 Murder of Harrisonville Woman

Finally...

The CASS COUNTY (MO) DEMOCRAT MISSOURIAN in Harrisonville reports that 52-year-old Jeffrey Dean Moreland has been charged with the 2008 murder of Harrisonville wife and mother Cara Jo Roberts.


Moreland is a former Grandview MO police officer.


As reported here at CSW in 2009- Moreland allegedly broke into the Robert's home during the afternoon of November 5, 2008 and murdered Cara Jo.



Moreland had been arrested last week on rape and sodomy charges unrelated to Mrs. Roberts' murder.

For at least 2 years- there were no suspects or leads in the Cara Jo Roberts homicide case until recently.

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings for July 08

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Friday morning- July 8.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.

CSW BREAKING: Fatality Crash in Leavenworth County KS

This incident was reported to Leavenworth County (LvCo) emergency services at 2:49 p.m. Thursday afternoon as a "rollover" crash at "150th Street and State" Avenue.

Personnel from the Fairmount Township Fire department (FTFD) and LvCo-EMS responded- and reportedly had to perform extrication on at least one of two reported critically-injured victims: "a 14 and a 15-year-old."


A medical helicopter was ordered to the scene- but their response was cancelled by a FTFD unit on the scene.

LvCo-EMS transported a "15-year-old female" with a possible head injury to the University of Kansas Medical Center in KC-KS..


EMS also reported that the "driver" of the vehicle that rolled-over "multiple times" died at the crash scene..


The Kansas Highway Patrol crash report issued later states that the driver of the "2005 GMC Envoy- 16-year-old Kylee N. Wilson of Leavenworth" was killed.


Fifteen-year-old Haley L. Sparks of Leavenworth was the injured passenger.