KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A trial began Monday for a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer accused of involuntary manslaughter in a 2019 shooting — the first time that a white officer from the city has been criminally accused of killing a Black man.
who was Black, was part of a trend of officers in Missouri’s largest city killing Black men. They questioned if officers gave Johnson sufficient time to surrender before shooting him.
The investigation into the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot by a homeowner after he went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers, includes questions about whether race played a role, authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, said. Yarl remains hospitalized with ser...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police have identified a man and woman killed in a shooting in Kansas City that also critically wounded a 5-year-old boy.
Kansas City KS Police Officer Excessive Force Shooting...Jose Bautista
In addition, police believe the weapon used in the shooting was a handgun, given the casings found on scene. The Kansas City Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tweeted that its agents were responding to the shooting.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of people at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration, killing one person and wounding almost two dozen others, appeared to stem from a dispute between several people, authorities said Th...
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