Kia Boyz Killed Kansas City Irish Chef?!?

A national car crime trend might have played a role in the tragic death of a beloved local restaurateur. 

More context on Gen Z crime here: 

The Verge: How TikTok fueled Hyundai and Kia thefts

Deets: 

"A loose collective of teenage car thieves calling themselves Kia Boys have stolen tens of thousands of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, often posting the results on YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok. But the chaos and destruction left in their wake rarely goes noticed."

Today . . .

The KCPD Chief offered more deets along with urging stricter punishments from the local juvenile justice system . . . Here's the word . . .

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves confirmed that Brady's vehicle, a Hyundai, was stolen from the restaurant lot just 34 hours after the shooting. It was recovered later Friday and the theft is being investigated, said Captain Jake Becchina, a police spokesman.

Graves said she believes the problem can be attributed to teens who start by stealing Hyundais and Kias, the top-stolen vehicles in the U.S. The youth then become emboldened and their crimes escalate further, she said, sometimes into homicides.

Graves said she's grown frustrated because the teens her officers arrest are often released from juvenile detention.

“The frustration comes not only with them having a lack of consequences and coming back out, but reoffending,” she said. “Us as law enforcement, we make arrests, but we see this escalation.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City police chief asks juvenile court for harsher punishments for violent teens

Police Chief Stacey Graves said she is frustrated that many teens charged with violent crimes don't face stiffer consequences. She made suggestions to juvenile court authorities.