The night before a very large and very peaceful gathering of second amendment supporters in Virginia’s capitol a
Black Criminal, Legally Barred from Owning a Gun, Shoots 15 People, Killing One in Mass Shooting at Black Night Club in Kansas City
I wonder if we would have heard about this if the shooter was white? Methinks it would have been on EVERY station all day the next day. What do you think?
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Police continue to investigate after a mass shooting took place at a nightclub Sunday night.
Two people were killed, one of whom was the shooter. At least 15 people were injured.
The shooter is identified as 29-year-old
of Kansas City, Missouri. He has a record meaning he shouldn’t have had a gun, but he has several.
Police said that an armed private security guard at the club shot and killed Swift about 11:30 p.m. just outside of 9ine Ultra Lounge located in the 4800 block of Noland Road.
The victim is 25-year-old Raeven A. Parks of Kansas City.
At least three of the 15 injured victims are in critical condition.
Police say they have not yet interviewed all of the victims and do not yet know whether all were injured by gunfire.
Investigators recovered multiple firearms at the scene. It appears the suspect and the security guard were the only ones who fired shots, police said.
KCTV5 News spoke to a security guard who was at the nightclub, he says the gunman got into a fight with a few guys and was denied entry. That was when the gunman went to his car to get the gun he then used to shoot into the crowd.
“One second everyone was just sitting there trying to get into the club. I believe it was at capacity in there, honestly. Then next thing you know, boom, boom, boom. About five shots rang out. People start falling, scattering,” Larry Phillips, who lives near the nightclub, said.
Detectives ask anyone who was there at the time of the incident to contact the Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
Police also would like to see any possible cell phone videos that were taken at the club that night around the time of the shooting.