Mass shooting in KC, 2 killed at QuikTrip & chaos at Lee’s Summit event: Top stories
From a mass shooting at an unlicensed after-hours club to a deadly QuikTrip shooting in Westport, weekend violence and unrest dominated Kansas City headlines. 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:
- Mayor Quinton Lucas blamed the promoters and owners of an unlicensed after-hours club for a mass shooting that injured nine people around 4 a.m. Saturday in the 7900 block of Troost Avenue. All nine victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
- A party billed as “First Fridays After Hours” was promoted by Big Mama’s Playhouse for midnight Saturday at 7926 Troost Avenue, just hours before the mass shooting nearby. The flyer advertised a $5 cover for women and $10 for men.
- Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas pushed back after UK media outlets linked the Troost Avenue shooting to England’s World Cup base camp, even though the shooting site is more than 5 miles from Swope Soccer Village and the team’s hotel in Prairie Village.
- Two men, 24-year-old Rickey L. Cal and 18-year-old Jeron Jackson, died after a Saturday night shooting inside a QuikTrip on Westport Road. Cal was pronounced dead at the scene and Jackson died at the hospital around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, with no people of interest in custody.
- Lee’s Summit police detained two teens during fights that broke out at Downtown Days festival starting around 7:40 p.m. Saturday. One teen allegedly discharged bear spray and another was found with an unregistered 3D-printed “ghost” gun.
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