Murder and other crimes are down
Homicides and crimes against persons and property are all down so far this year, police reported today.
Homicides, as of noon, stand at 22 compared to 32 at the same time last year.
There have been 2,421 crimes against persons, eight percent ...
Police chief calls for community help
Often police know the suspects in murders, but that is just not enough.
Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte in a recent blog once again asked for community help in preventing and solving homicides.
Police cleared 55 percent of 106 homicides ...
Rally calls for help catching killer of woman and infant
Police, victims’ families, the prosecutor and the mayor on Wednesday called for someone to come forward with information on who shot to death a woman and her infant daughter.
The rally was at Blue Valley Park under a shelter freshly painted ...
Rally at 31st and Prospect calls for end to high murder rate
A few hundred people rallied Saturday near 31st Street and Prospect Avenue to call for an end to murder carnage.
But the No Violence Alliance against crime couldn’t keep up with the body count.
Unveiled displays at the end of its afternoon ...
One dead, one injured at 39th and Baltimore
Police are investigating a shooting last night at a beauty shop at 39th and Baltimore. One person is dead and another injured.
Here’s the report from Channel 41 Action news.
Police chief says fewer homicide victims are younger than 25
For whatever reasons, murder victims this year are trending older.
Police Chief Darryl Forté discussed the matter in his Monday blog.
There have been 66 homicide victims this year, compared to 61 at this time last year, but only a fourth of ...
Police investigate shooting in 3900 block of Warwick
Police say they are investigating a shooting in Midtown early this morning. At 1:30 a.m., officers went to the 3900 block of Warwick after reports of a disturbance. Upon arrival officers found a male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. ...
Murder charges filed in beating of husband
Jackson County prosecutors today charged an 80-year-old Kansas City woman with beating her husband to death with a baseball bat.
Annie B. Oliver is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Wednesday death of Ronald Oliver.
According ...
Body matching missing woman found by family and police
Shortly after police notified the community that Essence Willoughby had been reported missing, they now say a body that matches her description was found today in a wooded area near Van Brunt and Leeds. A search party of family members and police ...
Police chief says homicides are at lowest point in five years
Reposted from the blog of Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forté
After a disturbing start to 2012, Kansas City’s homicide rate is now at its lowest point in five years. We have 61 homicides to date so far. At this time during the last four ...
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