** NEAR 3-ALARM APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE IN SHAWNEE-KS *****A 3-story apartment building in the Fox Run complex in the 7600 block of Goddard is burning down.
So far- there have been no reported injuries- but a complete interior search had not yet been made.
As of this report- 14 fire companies from 4 Johnson County fire departments were there.
The inital alarm sounded at 5:50am. When the first fire company arrived at 5:54am- they report "heavy fire" showing from one of the buildings in the complex.
The fire had not yet been declared under control as of this report..
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** MALE PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN OVERLAND PARK **
*** A man trying to cross I-35 south of I-635 was struck by a vehicle and killed late Friday night.
The reported middle-age male appeared to be a transient- but police had not yet identified the man.
The reported middle-age male appeared to be a transient- but police had not yet identified the man.
The driver of the vehicle was not injured and police issued no citation.
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** WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN DOWNTOWN KC-MO SHOOTING **
... A woman in her 20's was shot twice in the 1000 block of Washington in the Quality Hill area of downtown KC-MO just before 2am..
She was taken to a truama center in serious condition.
Police said the suspects were 2 black males who were in a white- Toyota Camry.
Police would not confirm if this was a street robbery as initially indicated.
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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>
Thunderstorms and showers moved through the MetroRegion from north to south overnight.
As much as 5-inches of rain was indicated by National Weather Service radar in northwestern Platte County-MO.- but no serious flooding problems were reported.
At least 4 homes in Platte County were reportedly struck by lightning- as well as the possible cause of the Shawnee-KS apartment building fire.
Temperatures dropped with the storms- from around 80 to near 70-degrees in the Metro.
More showers and thunderstorms are expected later today- and there could be some heavy rains associated with them.
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