Off-duty officer tells police he unintentionally shot neighbor in Kansas City, North
Kansas City police were investigating after an officer said he unintentionally shot a neighbor early Monday.
The shooting was reported just before 12:30 a.m. in the 5600 block of North Richmond Avenue in Kansas City, North, Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman, said in an email. Moments later the off-duty officer, a 24-year police veteran, called for help, saying he had accidentally shot his neighbor.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to a hospital where he was in stable condition Monday morning.
According to the preliminary investigation, it appeared the officer was off duty and inside his home when “his duty weapon discharged unintentionally,” Becchina said. “The discharged round exited the officer’s residence and entered the residence immediately to the south striking the victim.”
A woman near the victim as well as others inside the victim’s home were not injured.
The Kansas City Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting.
The officer, who is assigned to the Metro Patrol Division, will be on administrative leave during the initial investigation.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
This story was originally published April 6, 2020 at 7:19 AM.
