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Posted on Mon, Nov. 01, 2004
Man dies after shots are fired into car on U.S. 71
By CHRISTINE VENDEL The Kansas City Star
A man died this morning after someone shot at the car he was riding in and the car crashed off U.S. 71.
The wreck occurred about 5:30 a.m. on the highway between 75th and 87th streets. The victim's name was not released, pending notification of relatives. It was unclear whether the victim died of injuries from the shooting or the wreck.
Police said the victim was believed to be a passenger in a northbound car when a second car pulled alongside and an occupant began shooting. The victim's car careened across a grassy highway median and then the southbound lanes before crashing down a steep embankment.
The driver apparently crawled out of the car and summoned help, police said. The victim was ejected.
Officers who investigate traffic fatalities responded to the crash, but they determined the death was not the result of an accident. They turned the case over to homicide investigators.
Man dies after shots are fired into car on U.S. 71
By CHRISTINE VENDEL The Kansas City Star
A man died this morning after someone shot at the car he was riding in and the car crashed off U.S. 71.
The wreck occurred about 5:30 a.m. on the highway between 75th and 87th streets. The victim's name was not released, pending notification of relatives. It was unclear whether the victim died of injuries from the shooting or the wreck.
Police said the victim was believed to be a passenger in a northbound car when a second car pulled alongside and an occupant began shooting. The victim's car careened across a grassy highway median and then the southbound lanes before crashing down a steep embankment.
The driver apparently crawled out of the car and summoned help, police said. The victim was ejected.
Officers who investigate traffic fatalities responded to the crash, but they determined the death was not the result of an accident. They turned the case over to homicide investigators.
Here's the latest....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police were investigating Monday afternoon after someone opened fire on a van on a highway, killing a passenger inside.
It happened at about 3:30 a.m., KCTV5's Cynne' Simpson reported live on "KCTV5 News at Noon."
A van was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 71 near 75th Street. Another vehicle pulled up alongside it, and someone inside that vehicle fired a gun at the van.
The passenger in the van was shot and killed. The driver ended up swerving across traffic, driving down a hill and crashing into some brush. The driver got out of the wrecked van and walked for about a mile to get help.
Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the highway for five hours while they investigated.
A tow truck pulled the van back up onto the highway so investigators could get a closer look at it. The driver's side was riddled with bullet holes, Cynne' said.
Police still were looking for the shooter.
Cynne reported that the van didn't have license plates on the front or the back, and that might indicate that the victims were expecting trouble, police said.
http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2504880&nav=1PuZSc8r
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police were investigating Monday afternoon after someone opened fire on a van on a highway, killing a passenger inside.
It happened at about 3:30 a.m., KCTV5's Cynne' Simpson reported live on "KCTV5 News at Noon."
A van was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 71 near 75th Street. Another vehicle pulled up alongside it, and someone inside that vehicle fired a gun at the van.
The passenger in the van was shot and killed. The driver ended up swerving across traffic, driving down a hill and crashing into some brush. The driver got out of the wrecked van and walked for about a mile to get help.
Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the highway for five hours while they investigated.
A tow truck pulled the van back up onto the highway so investigators could get a closer look at it. The driver's side was riddled with bullet holes, Cynne' said.
Police still were looking for the shooter.
Cynne reported that the van didn't have license plates on the front or the back, and that might indicate that the victims were expecting trouble, police said.
http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2504880&nav=1PuZSc8r
miggidy said:
Here's the latest....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police were investigating Monday afternoon after someone opened fire on a van on a highway, killing a passenger inside.
It happened at about 3:30 a.m., KCTV5's Cynne' Simpson reported live on "KCTV5 News at Noon."
A van was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 71 near 75th Street. Another vehicle pulled up alongside it, and someone inside that vehicle fired a gun at the van.
The passenger in the van was shot and killed. The driver ended up swerving across traffic, driving down a hill and crashing into some brush. The driver got out of the wrecked van and walked for about a mile to get help.
Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the highway for five hours while they investigated.
A tow truck pulled the van back up onto the highway so investigators could get a closer look at it. The driver's side was riddled with bullet holes, Cynne' said.
Police still were looking for the shooter.
Cynne reported that the van didn't have license plates on the front or the back, and that might indicate that the victims were expecting trouble, police said.
http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2504880&nav=1PuZSc8r
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police were investigating Monday afternoon after someone opened fire on a van on a highway, killing a passenger inside.
It happened at about 3:30 a.m., KCTV5's Cynne' Simpson reported live on "KCTV5 News at Noon."
A van was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 71 near 75th Street. Another vehicle pulled up alongside it, and someone inside that vehicle fired a gun at the van.
The passenger in the van was shot and killed. The driver ended up swerving across traffic, driving down a hill and crashing into some brush. The driver got out of the wrecked van and walked for about a mile to get help.
Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the highway for five hours while they investigated.
A tow truck pulled the van back up onto the highway so investigators could get a closer look at it. The driver's side was riddled with bullet holes, Cynne' said.
Police still were looking for the shooter.
Cynne reported that the van didn't have license plates on the front or the back, and that might indicate that the victims were expecting trouble, police said.
http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2504880&nav=1PuZSc8r
miggidy said:
Here's the latest....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police were investigating Monday afternoon after someone opened fire on a van on a highway, killing a passenger inside.
It happened at about 3:30 a.m., KCTV5's Cynne' Simpson reported live on "KCTV5 News at Noon."
A van was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 71 near 75th Street. Another vehicle pulled up alongside it, and someone inside that vehicle fired a gun at the van.
The passenger in the van was shot and killed. The driver ended up swerving across traffic, driving down a hill and crashing into some brush. The driver got out of the wrecked van and walked for about a mile to get help.
Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the highway for five hours while they investigated.
A tow truck pulled the van back up onto the highway so investigators could get a closer look at it. The driver's side was riddled with bullet holes, Cynne' said.
Police still were looking for the shooter.
Cynne reported that the van didn't have license plates on the front or the back, and that might indicate that the victims were expecting trouble, police said.
http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2504880&nav=1PuZSc8r
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police were investigating Monday afternoon after someone opened fire on a van on a highway, killing a passenger inside.
It happened at about 3:30 a.m., KCTV5's Cynne' Simpson reported live on "KCTV5 News at Noon."
A van was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 71 near 75th Street. Another vehicle pulled up alongside it, and someone inside that vehicle fired a gun at the van.
The passenger in the van was shot and killed. The driver ended up swerving across traffic, driving down a hill and crashing into some brush. The driver got out of the wrecked van and walked for about a mile to get help.
Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the highway for five hours while they investigated.
A tow truck pulled the van back up onto the highway so investigators could get a closer look at it. The driver's side was riddled with bullet holes, Cynne' said.
Police still were looking for the shooter.
Cynne reported that the van didn't have license plates on the front or the back, and that might indicate that the victims were expecting trouble, police said.
http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2504880&nav=1PuZSc8r
