*** FREEWAY HOMICIDE IN KC-MO ******A shooting into a vehicle containing a family on westbound Interstate 70 near the Truman Sports Complex has left one person dead and 3 others injured- at least 1 critically.
The call came in at 12:09am Sunday morning- a person in a vehicle was getting shot at on I-70 near Blue Ridge Cutoff. The vehicle shot at- containing the victims- reportedly crashed thereafter near Stadium Drive.
Police arrived quickly- reporting 3 people shot and one person dead.
Of the 3 Hispanic-speaking victims transported by MAST-EMS- two were female- one in her mid-20's and another 19-years-old. One of those victims was reportedly the mother of a 1-year-old child who was also in the vehicle but not injured.
No suspect info was available- and westbound I-70 was closed almost 3 hours for the investigation.
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** MAN SHOT IN KC-MO **
*** A shooting early Sunday morning occurred in the 5900 block of Prospect shortly after 1:30am.
The male victim was reported by MAST-EMS to have been shot in a leg by a shotgun. He was taken to a city trauma center in critical condition.
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The male victim was reported by MAST-EMS to have been shot in a leg by a shotgun. He was taken to a city trauma center in critical condition.
Police as yet have no suspect nor any other information on this incident.
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** SERIOUS WRECKS **
...Sunday morning crashes:
* Douglas County KS near Baldwin City around 12:30am - 2 vehicles at the intersection of East 1800 & North 150 roads. A 19-year-old female is flown to a Metro trauma center with serious injuries.
* At 2:27am- a male is found unconscious after walking away from his wrecked pickup truck on 223rd Street west of Antioch in Miami County KS. The 40-year-old was flown to a Metro trauma center in serious condition..
* Injuries are reported severe to a person ejected from a vehicle in Johnson County MO just after 4am at Southwest 1351 and 400 roads in the southwest part of the county. A medical helicopter again evacuates the patient- again to a KC-area trauma center.
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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>
Snow showers- temperatures like February and cold northwest to north winds prevailed overnight through the MetroRegion.
The cold air will hang on through Monday- with a possible freeze by sunrise Monday morning. Temperatures then recover to near-seasonable averages of mid-60's highs and mid-40's lows.
The next storm system is expected Wednesday into Thursday- but no cold air like this weekend is expected.
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