Rowdy Youth & Gunfire Ruin Lee's Summit Downtown Days

Sign of the times for the suburbs . . . 

The NextGen is packing heat and causing panic at sleepy old school events. 

The sad part of this story is that some old lady was pushed to the ground. Fortunately, there weren't any other serious injuries.

Here are the basics and then a link to more info . . .

Police said one of the incidents involved shots fired outside the festival boundary.

Around 10 p.m., officers arrived in the area near SW 3rd and SW Jefferson streets but did not locate any suspects or victims.

Another notable incident involved juveniles attempting to create artificial panic by running and acting as if an emergency was occurring, police said.

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Lee's Summit police respond to several disturbance calls during Downtown Days festival

1 injured after artificial panic created following shooting at Lee's Summit festival

An elderly woman was injured after juveniles created an artificial panic following a reported shooting at a Lee's Summit festival.

Shots fired, multiple incidents occur during Lee's Summit festival

Lee's Summit police responded to multiple incidents at the Downtown Days festival on Saturday evening.

Downtown Days Incidents

By Sgt Chris Depue Lee's Summit, MO - During the Downtown Days festival, the Lee's Summit Police Department had a large contingent of officers present during all hours of the festival. On Saturday...