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Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman found this morning inside a sport utility vehicle at 109th and Parallel Parkway, in the Walmart parking lot.
According to police, there are indications that there may have been high levels of carbon monoxide levels, and the engine of the SUV was running. At this time, according to police, the investigation is continuing and the official cause of death is unknown.
A standoff that lasted several hours in the 900 block of Kansas Avenue is now over, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman.
Emenencio C. Lansdown, who has been charged with the second-degree murder of Casey Eaton, fired gunshots at officers in the 900 block of Kansas Avenue overnight and a standoff ensued for several hours, according to a police spokesman.
Officers with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Violent Crimes Task Force and the U.S. Marshals made contact with Lansdown about 1:26 a.m. Sunday, April 23, in the 900 block of Kansas Avenue. He fired gunshots at the officers, who then set up a perimeter around the home, and negotiations were started, the spokesman stated.
At about 6:50 a.m. Sunday, negotiators convinced Lansdown to come out of the home and he was taken into custody without incident, the spokesman said.
Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS, according to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit.
Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide Saturday night in the 800 block of Troup Avenue, according to a police spokesman.
Police responded to a shooting about 8:14 p.m. April 22, the spokesman said. They found a woman in her early 20s, dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside a residence.
The identity of the victim is being withheld until there is positive identification and family notification, police said.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Police urged anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.