Dec 14, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — North Kansas City Police Officers are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened Friday afternoon. People who live in the area that was hit, say it should have never happened and believe it may have been targeted. Insurance company denies covering cost of life-saving medicine for metro woman “We feel safe. Our children feel safe. We are good out here. So yesterday, it shouldn’t have happened,” Crystal Mason shared with FOX4. “We pay for the peace.” Mason says officers that patrol the area near where her family lives know residents of the neighborhood by name. She says the area is safe, or so she thought. “We moved out here to get away from all of that,” she said about violence and crime in the City. According to the North Kansas City Police Department Facebook page, on Friday, at about 3:20pm, officers responded to the area of 28th and Howell for a reported drive-by shooting. When officers arrived, there was evidence to believe a shooting took place. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported. “I thought it was firecrackers…I really did. We wouldn’t think nothing else,” Mason added. She and her family were wrapping Christmas gifts when shots were fired Friday, not knowing a crime was taking place. “It’s crime scene. Police came to my door trying to talk to me, asking me questions.” Mason says the apartment complex that was hit by gunfire. The building is just feet from a park and an elementary school. She hopes whoever is responsible, is caught. “It’s dangerous. Put a whole lot of people’s lives in danger. It’s sad, because I mean that’s a lot of families that could have been harmed in that. Bullets don’t have names and they don’t have no aim,” she shared. Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco fined $45k for use of helmet vs. Chargers She believes this act of violence was intentional, targeting someone nearby. The apartment complex building was damaged and nearby cars were hit. “They targeted who they wanted.” Police say the “probable suspect” vehicle is believed to have immediately left the city north on Holmes Street. No other details were made available.If you have any information that could assist with this investigation, you are asked to call the police department at (816) 274-6013.
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