Pleasant Hill grocery store shooting, Mahomes burglary arrests: Top KC stories
From murder charges in a deadly Memorial Day grocery store shooting to arrests in the burglaries at the homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, here’s a roundup of what’s making news in the Kansas City region. These are the top stories from The Kansas City Star.
Here are the key takeaways:
Pleasant Hill shooting
Allen T. Prince, 27, of Pleasant Hill was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and three counts of armed criminal action in a Memorial Day shooting at Cosentino’s Price Chopper that killed 45-year-old Amy Coon of Strasburg and wounded a 16-year-old store employee. Surveillance video showed Prince firing three shots — striking the teen from behind, then Coon as she fled, before turning the rifle on himself, according to court documents.
Mahomes and Kelce burglary
Two suspects tied to the burglaries of Patrick Mahomes’ and Travis Kelce’s homes were arrested in Argentina after a joint operation between Argentine federal police and Chilean police, per a report from Argentine newspaper Clarín. Ignacio Zuniga Cartes and Bastian Jimenez Freraut are among seven Chilean men charged with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property; $20,000 in cash was taken from Kelce’s Leawood home.
Kansas City repeals conversion therapy ban
The Kansas City Council voted 7-5 Thursday to repeal its 2019 ban on conversion therapy for minors, with Mayor Quinton Lucas joining the majority following a March U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a similar Colorado law impermissibly limited free speech. The repeal also stripped language from the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance establishing penalties for refusing to use someone’s preferred pronouns, amid active litigation from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office.
Nonprofit sued over disabled woman’s care
The guardian of an Independence woman with developmental disabilities has filed suit in Jackson County Circuit Court against the Center for the Developmentally Disabled, alleging staff failed to protect her from sexual assault by another client in the women’s restroom on March 10, 2025. The suit says the woman had asked staff two weeks earlier to keep the man away from her, and that he had been terminated from employment because of sexual misconduct.
Cynthia Newsome funeral details
Former KSHB 41 anchor Cynthia Newsome’s funeral has been moved to Church of the Resurrection in Leawood on Saturday, with a public viewing from 9 to 11 a.m. followed by the service. Newsome, who spent 25 years at the station and was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2025, died last Tuesday; KSHB named its newsroom in her honor in December 2025.
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