Man faces DUI charge after car hits Ranchmart North Shopping Center in Leawood

A Kansas City man is accused of driving under the influence after his car ran into a shop at a Leawood shopping center Sunday night.

Nathaniel Keirsey, 24, was charged in Leawood Municipal Court with driving under the influence and other traffic charges.

Leawood police said they were called about 8 p.m. Sunday to the area of 92nd Street and High Drive on a report of a speeding car.

Officers didn’t see the car, but a short time later, received reports of a car driving through yards in the area of 98th Street and Belinder Road. The same car was then involved in a crash nearby, but the driver did not stop for arriving officers, according to police.

Police pursued the car for a short distance before it hit a building at the Ranchmart North Shopping Center near 95th Street and Mission Road.

Keirsey was arrested at the scene and taken to the Johnson County Detention Center.

This story was originally published June 5, 2017 at 10:57 AM with the headline "Man faces DUI charge after car hits Ranchmart North Shopping Center in Leawood."