BREAKING: House Fire With Victim in East Kansas City MO

At least seven fire companies from Kansas City and Raytown MO were called to a "house fire" in the 4600 block of Norwood Court at 8:35 am Tuesday morning.


Units from KCFD Station 39- located about 6 blocks from the address- reported a fire in the attic of the structure after they arrived minutes later.


At 8:44 am- a victim is reportedly found inside and a 2nd EMS/ambulance is ordered.

At 9:09 am- KCFD EMS "Medic-521" transported this victim- "an approximately 50-year-old male-" non-emergency and in what sounds good condition to a hospital.


The fire itself was declared "under control" at 8:56 am.


Cause and damage determinations pending.

Kansas City News Censors

Kansas City is not only blessed with increasingly-fluff news- but with news censoring as well.


Images from a news helicopter over a multi-fatality fire in Oakland CA were carefully edited by KCTV-5 so people were not offended by the sight of body bags still inside the burned structure.

The station of their Facebook page stated they did so because showing the images would have been "disrespectful."


What seems to me as TV news "disrespectful" is editorializing on news stories and censoring news content- but hey- this is the new- bizarro America.  

BTW- the fire was in an old warehouse converted to some-sort of artists' colony and there was reportedly some sort of concert in progress.

The death toll was 9 as of 1 pm Kansas City time with a growing list of those reported missing that can be found HERE.  

BREAKING: Working Fire at Longtime Raytown Business

At 10 pm Wednesday night- all of Raytown's and at least 3 fire companies from Kansas City MO responded to the report of a fire at "Clark's Appliances at 63rd St. and Raytown (Trafficway)."


First-arriving units minutes later report "heavy smoke showing" and call for "a working fire response."

The incident is underway at this time and thus far- no injuries reported.

Clark's Appliance store has been at this location for more than 50 years.

According to Clark's Website- the business opened the same year of the Ruskin Heights Tornado- 1957.

At 10:44 pm- this fire was declared under control.

The extent of damage to Clark's is unknown at this time- but will likely be extensive.

BREAKING: Triple-Victim Shooting in Kansas City MO near Raytown

The incident is in the 6800 block of Manchester and it occurred around 9:25 pm Tuesday night.

It was reported as a shooting with the victim's vehicle crashing after the gunshots.


PD on-scene at 9:30 pm says there's 2- then 3 victims- "one critical with a GSW (gunshot wound) to the head" and another victim "serious... shot in the back."

FD dispatches the 3rd ambulance at 9:39 pm.

Police are saying at least two of the shooting victims are teens ... one "15" the other "16" year-old males.

Only suspect info heard as of 9:45 was "a black male with dreds" left the scene in "a black sedan southbound on Manchester."


At 9:51 pm- the first EMS unit- "Medic 537" is enroute to the closest trauma hospital with a gravely-injured ("GCS maybe 5 at best) 17-18-year-old male" with the GSW to his head.


The 15 and 16-year-olds are transported to different hospitals just before 10 pm- both in serious but not immediately life-threatening condition like the first transport.


The have already been 112 homicides in KC this year.


More details as they become available....

BREAKING: Man Critically-Injured in South-Central KC MO Shooting

The incident was reported by public service radio at 5:55 pm at an apartment in the 3100 block of East 49th Street.


KCFD-EMS "Medic 29" transported "a 58-year-old male" who was shot in the chest and in critical condition to a nearby medical trauma center.


Later updates by media and police say this victim later died of his wound and that this occurred as a result of an armed residence robbery.

Teen Shot in Central Kansas City MO

A "15-year-old male" is in serious but non life-threatening condition tonight after he had been shot "while sitting in his driveway."

The shooting occurred around 8:05 pm in the 3800 block of College.

No suspect information was heard.

BREAKING: "Sniper" Being Sought in Northern Jackson County MO

A Kansas City MO police helicopter responded at 7:09 pm Tuesday evening to a reported "man with a gun" also reported in one radio transmission as "a sniper" in the 23200 block of East U.S. 24 highway.


This is about one-half mile west of Fort Osage High school.

At 7:46 pm- the "suspect" reportedly "walked out" of a structure there and was taken "in custody" of police.

There are no other details- other than a large law enforcement presence at a rural location there. 

BREAKING: One Dead- Cop Shot in Kansas City Northland

Word came down at 10:31 pm Sunday night that an "officer needs assistance- officer down (shot) at Vivion Road and U.S. 169" in that far little sliver of southwestern Gladstone MO..

Within minutes the information was somewhat clarified to say that "an officer and a suspect" was shot at the location. 

At 10:41 pm- reports from the scene are that there is one DOA.

At 10:47 pm- Gladstone EMS transported "a 33-year-old male police officer who was shot in the hand" and in non-serious condition.

At 10:52 pm- another Gladstone EMS unit transported "a 34-year-old male who was involved in a shoot-out but not shot" to the same Northland medical trauma center..


More details when and if they become available.

BREAKING: Teen Critically-Injured in East Kansas City MO Shooting

KC-MO East Patrol police officers- then a FD pumper with EMS unit "Medic 35" was dispatched beginning at 5:33 pm Friday afternoon to "a shooting ... 44(00 block of) of East 38th St..

The "male" victim was reported by a caller to be "lying in the street" there.

EMS M-35 reports this victim to be "a 16-year-old male" with 3 discernible gunshot wounds: "to his forehead" and "both thighs."

The teen's condition was critical- although the patient was reported "conscious and alert."

Only possible suspect info was "a white car (possibly a Mazda)" seen "leaving the area" before PD arrived.

BREAKING: Shooting in East Kansas City MO

Two were injured- a child included- in a reported shooting on East 23rd Street near Manchester Avenue late Saturday afternoon.

Police are saying that a disturbance at nearby Blue Valley Park resulted in the shooting.

A male child was transported to a hospital by KCFD-EMS with non-serious injuries and was not shot.

The victim who was shot was reported by KCFD-EMS as "a 20-year-old male shot twice in the right thigh."

Apparently- the suspect also tried to "run over" that victim with a vehicle.

The male's injuries were serious- but not thought to be life-threatening.


Police are looking for "a a black Acura TZ" driven by "a Hispanic male- last seen southbound on I-435" from 23rd Street.

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