Man killed in police shooting committed felonies in KCK after homicide and abduction
A man shot and killed by police Friday morning committed a string of felonies in Kansas City, Kansas, after being labeled a “person of interest” in two homicides and the abduction of a 5-year-old in Kansas City’s Northland overnight.
Just before midnight, Kansas City, Kansas police were called to a non-injury shooting outside a bar at 2724 N. 13th St. Witnesses reported that the suspect, who had run off, matched the description of 43-year-old George C. Manning III, who was the suspect in two homicides earlier that evening, according to a Kansas City, Kansas Facebook post.
Minutes later, a carjacking was reported around North 11th and Rowland Avenue. The man matched the same description. Police said they found the wrecked vehicle shortly afterward.
A third call came in just before 6 a.m. reporting that a man with the same description had stolen a vehicle outside a convenience store at 1313 Quindaro Blvd. The vehicle left KCK shortly afterward, according to the post.
What happened earlier Thursday
Law enforcement officers had been looking for Manning, who was wanted in the abduction of his daughter, Giuliana Manning, about 11:20 p.m. Thursday from a home just outside of Riverside in unincorporated Platte County.
The series of events began with a fatal shooting about 11:15 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Northwest Vivion Road and Northwest High Drive in Riverside, according to Capt. Jeffrey Shanks, a spokesman with the Platte County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the homicide with the Riverside Police Department.
Manning allegedly shot and killed a woman at the Riverside Car Wash and stole her vehicle, Shanks said.
The killing appears to have been random. Shanks said there was no known relation between Manning and the victim.
“It appeared to be he wanted her vehicle,” Shanks said.
Manning then drove the victim’s vehicle to a home in the 4400 block of Northwest 50th Street just out of Riverside in unincorporated Platte County.
While at home, Manning allegedly shot two other people, killing a boy and seriously injuring the mother of the boy and Giuliana, according to officials.
Hours later, officers with the Kansas City Police Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security saw Manning walking with a gun along Northwest Vivion Road, said Cpl. Justin Howard, a spokesman with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop A, during a morning news conference.
The officers fired at Manning, striking him. Manning was pronounced dead at the scene.
Although police think Manning did not know his victim at the car wash, Shanks said there was a relationship between Manning and the victims at the home, but full details were not known. The girl he abducted was his daughter. Investigators were not sure about the relationship with the boy who was killed.
“With the mother having to go undergo surgery at the hospital, we’re making sure the proper notification is made before we give out too much information regarding the victims,” Shanks said.
Previous reporting from The Star’s Robert Cronkleton, Kendrick Calfee and PJ Green was used in this report.
