Suspected Serial Killer Charged in Kansas City over 7th Death
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A suspected serial killer already charged in six killings in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas has been charged with first-degree murder in a seventh death. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the new murder charge against 26-year-old Perez Deshay Reed on Friday. The new charges stem from the November 2021 shooting death of Stephon D. Johnson in Kansas City, Missouri. Baker also charged Reed with one count of armed criminal action and two counts of fraud involving a credit or debit device. Reed is also charged in four killings in the St. Louis area in September, and two more in Wyandotte County, Kansas, in October.
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KBI Investigates Saline County Shooting by Deputy
SALINE COUNTY, Kan. (KPR) - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal shooting Friday night involving a Saline County Sheriff's deputy. In a news release, the KBI reports that two deputies were serving an arrest warrant for 42-year-old Dustin Vance of Hoisington at the time of the shooting. Vance was wanted on charges of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, and contributing to a child's misconduct. The KBI said that Vance drew a handgun on the deputies, and one of the deputies fired multiple shots, killing Vance and wounding a nearby Salina woman. The woman is in stable condition at Salina Regional Health Center.
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Woman Shot by Police Investigating KC Carjacking
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KPR) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting involving Kansas City police. KMBC reports that officers were called to a reported carjacking in Kansas City, Kansas. When Kansas City, Missouri, police officers spotted the vehicle at a Family Dollar store, the drive ran off and two officers opened fire on a female passenger. She is reported hospitalized in stable condition. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigates all shootings involving KCMO police officers.
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Woman Dead after KC Highway Shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KPR) - One woman is dead and a man injured after a shooting early Sunday morning on Highway 71 in Kansas City. KMBC reports that KC police officers were called to the scene shortly after midnight where they found the woman and a man shot; the man said they were shot by someone in an unfamiliar car. Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call CrimeStoppers or the KCPD Homicide Division.
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Kansas Equity Efforts Bring Little Change after George Floyd
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Elected leaders in Kansas convened community groups and held town hall conversations after demonstrators protested George Floyd’s death statewide. But the passion and energy evident in those protests hasn’t translated into widespread change in local government. One of the most common results has been formalizing changes that had already been made. Police in several Kansas cities have put into writing the practices they say they had already adopted. Some racial justice advocates in Kansas have focused on electing diverse candidates as a way to get police reform measures approved and to ensure elected officials reflect demographic shifts.