Crime

Taxi driver is shot at by unknown man in Raytown Sunday morning, bullets hit car

A zTrip driver escaped injury when gunfire struck his taxi early Sunday in Raytown, police said.

The taxi driver said an unknown man in another car fired shots at him about 5:10 a.m. Sunday near east 72nd Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard, according to the police.

The driver told police that man who fired the shots was in a white Chevrolet passenger car, which might be a Malibu.

The shooter fired the shots from his car and then fled the area, the taxi driver told police.

The taxi was struck by gunfire, but the driver was not hit, police said. The taxi driver drove to 8800 block of East 63rd Street, where he called police.

Police were investigating the shooting and asked for anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

Robert A. Cronkleton
The Kansas City Star
Robert A. Cronkleton is a breaking news reporter for The Kansas City Star, covering crime, courts, transportation, weather and climate. He’s been at The Star for 36 years. His skills include multimedia and data reporting and video and audio editing. Support my work with a digital subscription
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