BREAKING: Possible Bridge Jumper Briefly Closes Part of Kansas City Highway

This began a little before 8:30 pm New Year's night when a male has threatened to jump from a U.S. 40 highway overpass onto I-435 below.

As shown by these KC SCOUT camera images- the man is surrounded by police- who have closed U.S. 40 at I-435 for this incident.

It is also possible the northbound I-435 ramp from westbound I-70 could be closed as well as I-435 itself.


UPDATE:  As of 8:43 pm- this situation has been resolved without injury and the male will be taken to a mental facility for evaluation.

Wishing A Happy 2017 To All CSW Readers!

Homicide at Kansas City's Plaza Library Garage

This is at 4801 Main Street and it occurred around 2 pm Thursday afternoon as a shooting.


No victim ident yet- but police are seeking 2 suspect vehicles- driven and/or occupied by black males.


As of 3 pm- KCPD still has the library parking garage as well as the immediate area cordoned off. 


More as learned....

Kansas City MO Shooting Leaves 1 Dead- Others Injured

The shooting took place in the 500 block of Booth Avenue around 10:50 pm Tuesday night.

Details are few- but it was "a drive-by" and two teen-age victims- a male and a female- were transported to area trauma centers.


The male had "multiple" gunshot wounds and was in serious to critical condition.

The female had been shot in a leg.

The two teens may have been sitting in a car "using a WI-FI near the Quik Trip" when they were shot.


The dead person was found in the street "in front of 524 Booth" police sources said.

The crimes are being investigated by the Kansas City MO Police department.

BREAKING: Boy Hit By Car in Shawnee KS

The incident occurred in the 14500 block of West 67th Street around 2:08 pm Tuesday afternoon.


Reportedly- a motorist had stuck a child pedestrian- and had stopped at the scene with the injured child.


MED-ACT-1132 transported the victim- reported as "an 11-year-old male-" to Children's Mercy.

The boy had "a head laceration-" but no reported breaks or fractures and was in good condition while enroute to CMH.


The driver of the striking vehicle was not injured- unknown if that driver was cited for any infraction. 

BREAKING: Building Collapse Reported in Kansas City MO

Five KC-MO Fire companies and EMS was sent to "12th Street and Indiana" on a reported "building collapse" at 12:56 pm..


Arriving companies have found a portion of "a 3-story vacant building" collapsed- and there are initially no reports of anyone hurt.



More here as received....

BREAKING: Shooting at Attempted Carjacking on Independence-Kansas City MO Border

Numerous police from KC- Independence and Jackson County Sheriff are working a crime scene in the Burlington Coat Factory parking lot at 11900 East U.S. 40 Hwy..


Occurring around 10:30 pm Wednesday night- an Independence police source says it's "an attempted carjacking" with the targeted victim- a female- "shot in the chest-" managing to drive a short distance away- getting the attention of a passing JaCo Sheriff deputy.

There's a large manhunt for 3 black males in their late-teens to 20's with clothing descriptions who left the scene on foot.


The victim- a female in her 30's- was transported by AMR-EMS to an area medical trauma center- condition unknown.

BREAKING: Injuries Reported at Liberty MO Apartment Building Fire

Fire broke out in one of the buildings of the Wilshire Apartments complex just before 10 pm Monday night and at least 3 people have been injured- one seriously.

The fire was at the 111 Brentwood Drive building and Liberty Fire requested 2 KCFD-EMS units to that scene "for 3 injuries" by 10:10 pm..

Medic-14 transported a serious to critically-injured "approximately 30-40-year-old female" to Liberty Hospital.

That victim had suffered smoke inhalation. 

Medic-34 transported "a 56-year-old male" to that facility as well.  No medical report was heard- but the transport was non-emergency.

At 10:45 pm- a woman in her 80's was also being transported in good condition to LH with "minor" smoke inhalation.


As of 10:47 pm- and with the help of at least 5 KCFD companies now on-scene- the fire is believed to be under control.

At 10:55 pm- the LFD chief requests "the Red Cross for up to 24" persons made temporarily homeless by the fire..

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Charles Gray- Longtime Kansas City Broadcaster- Dead

This just in via a Tweet from KSHB ...

Charles Gray during the 50-year anniversary commemoration of the Southwest Boulevard Gasoline Tank Fire of August 18 1959.
Charles was with a KMBC-9 photographer at the scene when a gas storage tank blew up- killing 7.

The KANSAS CITY STAR story:

BREAKING: Townhome on Fire in Grandview MO

The alarm sounded at 3:49 pm Monday afternoon on a report of "flames coming from a 2nd-story window" at a complex of townhomes in the 6600 block of East 128th St..


All of Grandview's in-service fire companies were called to the scene- as well as units from Belton Fire.

A GPD unit at 3:51 pm reported "heavy smoke coming from a broken 2nd-floor window" with GFD units arriving within 2 minutes.


A working fire is underway- reportedly the occupant escaped uninjured.

The fire is believed to be under control by 4:15 pm- at 4:14 pm the GFD chief requested Red Cross for "2 adults and 1 child" displaced by the fire.

Kansas City MO House Fires in Zero-Degree Weather

As temperatures in KC struggle to reach double-digits- several house fires have kept KCMO fire crews busy....

At 12:49 pm Sunday afternoon- a 3-story house was heavily-damaged in a fire witnessed and reported by motorists on nearby I-70 approaching the Benton Curve.

That fire was in the 1200 block of Benton- and at least 2 hose lines were used and brought that fire under control- without reported injuries- at 1:04 pm.

Another house fire broke out in the 11400 block of Corrington in the Ruskin Heights area around 1:41 pm.

Two handlines were used on a possible attic fire- that one brought under control without injuries at 1:51 pm..

The latest fire was in the 3200 block of North Troost- a working fire in a reported "vacant" house.

That fire was reported under control at 4:40 pm with no reports of injuries as of this post at 4:44 pm..