Written by Andres Gutierrez at KSHB Channel 41:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Police are searching for the suspects caught on camera opening fire in a drive-by shooting.
Video obtained by 41 Action News shows a couple driving along 23rd Street with their personal dashcam rolling on Monday evening.
As they came to stop at Topping Avenue at 5:16 p.m., a vehicle with its windows rolled down pulled up on their right.
The video captures a gunman firing at least a dozen bullets in a matter of seconds from the backseat before the suspects drive off.
(Note: If you’re unable to view the video, please click on the link above)
According to the police report, the woman in the vehicle that was struck by gunfire had two juveniles in the backseat. No one was hurt.
A KCPD officer found the bullet that pierced her car on top of the engine block.
“Obviously this person didn’t care where the bullets ended,” Officer Darin Snapp, a KCPD spokesperson said.
“All of a sudden we hear this pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! And my oldest granddaughter came running and said, ‘What was that?!'” Jimmie Eddings, a resident, said.
Patricia Sims, another resident, said. “They have no regard, they’re not shooting to the ground. They’re not shooting into the air. They’re shooting at an object.”
Sims initially thought the bullets were firecrackers. But for her and others who call the area of 23rd and Topping Ave. home, drive-by shootings are a fact of life.
“Both of these houses here have been shot. A lot of things have happened around here in this area. I mean it’s scary and I don’t like it, but it’s not unusual,” Eddings said.
KCPD assault detectives told 41 Action News they believe the suspects targeted a parked car on Topping Avenue.
Rosilyn Temple with Mothers-in-Charge is one of the individuals working to stop this senseless violence.
“I think its [sic] got to come from the community. It has to come from us. It has to be us who stand up. We know who is committing these acts,” Temple said.
In 2016, the number of drive-by shootings went up 51 percent in Kansas City from 2015. There were 389 shootings with 950 victims.
“That could have been anyone. Why do we have to wait for it to happen to someone we know? That’s what I want to know. Why do we have to wait for it to come to this? By the grace of God, those people were not killed,” Temple said.
For those who think people can just escape this violent reality, it’s not as easy as it is for the criminals.
“I can’t just pick up and leave; it’s kind of hard to do,” Eddings said.
“The last ones he fired are the ones that hit my car,” she told 41 Action News.
The dashcam video that’s gone viral is a crucial piece of evidence detectives are working with to try and track down the suspect.
“It pretty much would be a closed case because we wouldn’t have any further information, but with this video we actually have the actual incident which is so rare,” Snapp said.
On Friday KCPD told 41 Action News the number of shooting victims is up 30 percent compared to last year around this same time.
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It’s a miracle the guy was a lousy shot and no one got killed. Although it’s probably a stolen vehicle, the license plate is visible and should provide law enforcement with some leads. Until the next shooting, when they start all over again.
On a scale of 1 (low crime rate) to 100 (high crime rate) Kansas City is rated as a 91. It’s said to be the fourteenth most dangerous city in the US and according to Temple, it’s getting worse.
Thanks to O’s reckless words and policies, thugs are now more brazen than ever before and innocent Americans are getting caught in the crossfire of gang wars. Is this what Loretta Lynch had in mind in her statement which indicates we need more blood and deaths?
~Kathy
Categories: General
Pesky Truth 
It sounds like we may need to return to the time of having someone ride shotgun – carrying a REAL shotgun – for the same reasons that it was standard procedure in the stagecoach days.
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In self defense, we may need to do just that Garnet, since the bad guys are roaming the streets taking pot-shots at people.
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When it gets to the point in these cities where the gangs and thugs run amok and the police can’t get a handle on things, the least the police can do is look the other way while the citizens take justice into their own hands.
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Amen to that, and the way things are going, it won’t be long. When the simple task of driving down the street puts you in the line of fire, it’s time for things to change.
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