One injured in shooting at Raymore Walmart parking lot, police say
The Raymore Police Department says it is investigating a shooting that left a man injured in the Walmart parking lot Tuesday night.
Police were called around 6:20 p.m. to the Walmart at 2015 W. Foxwood Drive, according to a tweet the police department posted.
According to Raymore Police Chief Jan Zimmerman, the man had just taken another person shopping, and the two were loading groceries into his car when another vehicle pulled up behind them in the parking lot.
Zimmerman said there was “an exchange of words between the individual and the suspect vehicle.” The man was trying to get into his car when someone in the other vehicle allegedly brandished a gun and fired two shots, striking the man, Zimmerman said.
The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening.
The suspect left the scene in a silver sedan, police said later in an updated Twitter post. A description of the suspect was not available.
Part of the store’s parking lot was blocked off as police continued their investigation Tuesday night. The store remained open.
Pointing to Raymore’s low rate of violent crime, Zimmerman called Tuesday’s incident “shocking and disappointing.”
While no other injuries were reported, Zimmerman said shootings in high-traffic areas are “always scary” when there’s potential for innocent bystanders getting hurt. The police chief referenced a shooting that killed a woman attending an arts event in downtown Kansas City last Friday night.
“I know we’ve had conversations about things that have certainly changed in our society where people don’t settle it with harsh words anymore,” Zimmerman said. “They settle disagreements with guns, which makes it a really scary proposition for all of us because you can get caught in the crossfire of an argument that has nothing to do with you.”
This story was originally published August 6, 2019 at 7:12 PM.
