Check surveillance cameras: Police seek video in Johnson County rolling shooting
Police released an image of an SUV they believe was involved in a rolling shooting Sunday evening that started in Overland Park and ended in a Prairie Village crash, urging nearby businesses and residents to check surveillance video for leads.
In a post on Facebook Wednesday afternoon, Prairie Village police asked folks to check their surveillance cameras for any footage between 6:45 and 7 p.m. Sunday that captured a red or maroon Jeep Grand Cherokee that was following a black SUV. The Jeep has a Kansas license plate 9103ACY.
The Prairie Village and Overland Park police departments are jointly investigating the shooting that occurred around 6:50 p.m. Sunday in the 9900 block of Roe Avenue and ended about 1.5 miles north in a fiery crash at Franklin Park in the 8700 block of Roe Avenue.
“The investigation indicates that suspects fired a large number of bullets, concentrated in the areas of 99th/Roe, 95th/Roe, then Franklin Park at 87th/Roe,” Prairie Village police said on Facebook.
Police are asking people to check their cameras along the route, starting at Interstate 435 and Roe north to Sommerset Drive, at the north end of Franklin Park, as well as Roe and Sommerset to West 83rd Street and West 83rd east to State Line Road.
Those who captured video of the SUV are asked to submit it to the Prairie Village Police Department via a special link or QR Code.
An investigation into the shooting found that a driver picked up a female passenger in Kansas City, and shortly after, the driver noticed they were being followed by the Jeep.
The driver tried to evade the Jeep by turning onto Roe. The pursuing Jeep, however, caught up, and someone inside fired a gun multiple times at the victims’ vehicle, which crashed near Franklin Park.
Arriving officers found two females. The passenger sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital. The driver also had non-life-threatening injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477). They can also call the Overland Park Police Department at 913-344-8750 or the Prairie Village Police Department at 913-642-6868.
