Kansas City Crime Scene: Standoff Downtown & Deadly Gunfire In The Dotte

There's a lot to catch up on but here are the stories earning our attention right now:

The local drug game ramps us, gunfire plagues metro & life inside the loop becomes more dangerous. 

Check TKC news gathering . . .

Police ask public to avoid area of Power & Light Apartments due to armed standoff

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police have asked the public to avoid the area of the 100 block of 14th Street due to an armed barricaded standoff. The Kansas City, Police, Department stated the area is not safe. Editor's Note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

Apartment complex in downtown Kansas City evacuated due to standoff

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police responded to a standoff with an alleged armed subject at an apartment complex in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened in the 100 block of E. 14th Street, near the Power and Light District, according to KCPD spokeswoman Donna Drake.

Kansas City police in standoff with an armed suspect near Truman, Broadway

Kansas City police are involved in a standoff with an armed barricaded party near the old Denny's location at Truman and Broadway. There's no word yet on what led up to the standoff.

Press conferenence on armed standoff in downtown Kansas City

Police are encouraging everyone to avoid the area of the 100 block of 14th Street.

Accused Excelsior Springs rapist's attorney asks for client to be moved

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An attorney for the man accused of kidnapping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman he had chained and locked up in the basement of his Excelsior Springs home has asked a Clay County judge to move Timothy Haslett closer to Clay County.

Man killed in Monday night shooting in KCK's Strawberry Hill neighborhood

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - One man is dead after a shooting in Kansas City, Kansas, Monday night. At 9:20 p.m., police responded to a shots fired call in the area of North Fifth Street and Elizabeth Avenue in the city's Strawberry Hill neighborhood. Officers found a man with gunshot wounds lying in the alley.

Lawrence, Kansas, police responded to three different suspected fentanyl overdoses last night, one person died

Tragic ones you hear about it involve the kids who, you know, the high school kid who thought he was getting *** pill to help with some pain or some anxiety or something. But it's widespread with anyone and adults obviously would think adults know better, but clearly it's out there and folks are just taking those unnecessary risks.

Missouri carries out the execution of Michael Tisius, who was convicted of killing two jailers

Michael Tisius, a 42-year-old man who was convicted of murdering two individuals, has been executed. Tisius was convicted of killing two Missouri jailers in 2000 while attempting to free a man from the jail. The United States Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from Tisius' attorneys to block the execution.

Blue Springs man charged in deadly shooting near Kansas City gas station

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Blue Springs man is now facing charges in a deadly shooting near a Kansas City gas station. Christopher Lockett has been charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and stealing a motor vehicle.

Prison transport turned into Chiefs party bus stolen in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Stolen vehicles aren't normally as conspicuous as they are in this story but a Kansas City Chiefs party bus that has been missing since Monday still has not been recovered. The theft happened just off E. 20th Street and Spruce Avenue in Kansas City.

ReHope campus in Harrisonville strives to restore lives of sex trafficking abuse victims

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (KCTV) - On 17 acres southeast of the Kansas City metro is a safe haven for women. The women have survived horrors only a few of us can imagine. "I never thought I'd make it out alive," said Jojo. Jojo is not her real name, but to protect her identity that is what we are calling her.

KCPD summer internship aims to educate, recruit youth considering law enforcement career

KANSAS CITY, Mo - The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department kicked off its summer internship program this week. After a successful first year, KCPD decided to expand its intern class. Fourteen students in the internship program will get hands on learning this summer.

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