Kansas City, Kansas, police were dispatched to the 1600 block of Walker Avenue at 7:18 p.m. Nov. 17 on a reported shooting, according to a police spokesman.
When they arrived, officers found an adult male with apparent gunshot wounds outside a residence, the spokesman stated.
The man was taken to a hospital, where he is in critical, but stable condition, the spokesman said.
A second victim was found inside a vehicle near 15th and Waverly, deceased, according to police.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS. All tipsters remain anonymous.
Today’s high will be near 48, with an overnight low tonight around 30, according to the National Weather Service.
There will be seasonal temperatures with mostly dry conditions for Thanksgiving week, according to the weather service.
Temperatures will warm to 51 on Friday and 56 on Saturday, the weather service said, and will remain in the low to mid 50s next week.
At 9 a.m. Thursday, it was 37 degrees with sunny skies and a wind chill of 32, according to the weather service.
Thursday, it will be sunny, with a high near 48 and a west northwest wind of 6 to 14 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, the weather service said.
Thursday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 30 and a calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph after midnight, according to the weather service.
Friday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 51 and a south wind of 8 to 17 mph, gusting as high as 26 mph, the weather service said.
Friday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 39 and a south wind of 7 to 13 mph, gusting as high as 21 mph, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 56, and a south wind of 5 to 9 mph becoming light in the afternoon, the weather service said. Winds may gust as high as 18 mph.
Saturday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 38, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be sunny, with a high near 53, the weather service said.
Sunday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 28, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be sunny, with a high near 44, the weather service said.
Monday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 31, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 31, the weather service said.
Tuesday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 46, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 55, the weather service said.
As expected, the Kansas City Kansas, Board of Public Utilities voted unanimously Wednesday night to give $250,000 from its economic development fund to Kansas City Kansas Community College’s downtown campus project.
Some board members were concerned whether the new campus at 7th and State would be all-electric, a requirement of the BPU’s economic development fund policy.
BPU General Manager Bill Johnson said he had talked to Dr. Greg Mosier, college president, and explained all-electric is one of the requirements of the policy. The only way they will receive the dollars at a later date is that all the requirements of the policy will be fulfilled, and that all the facilities that receive funds will be all-electric, according to Johnson.
Johnson said the process is still being completed, and there was a conversation held recently about electric versus gas heating, but they are fully aware of the all-electric policy.
Board secretary Rose Mulvany Henry asked why the BPU had an all-electric policy for these grants when it is now utilizing resources such as a variety of energy sources.
Johnson said putting all-electric rates in as a requirement grows the BPU’s winter energy usage. The BPU has provided some incentives for developers to go all-electric, but they make sure there will be a return on it, he said.
The $250,000 would not be given to the college immediately, according to BPU officials, but would remain in the BPU’s economic development fund at least through 2021. Johnson said this is a one-time set-aside, which is part of a larger request from the college. The original KCKCC request was for $3 million in cash or in-kind services.
Johnson said he was looking forward to the success of the downtown campus project. “I still believe in higher education for those who can achieve that in life,” Johnson said.
The downtown campus will be a road to the future for a lot of people who previously didn’t have educational opportunities, he said.
There are currently other economic development requests in the BPU’s pipeline for the economic development fund, he said.
Patrice Townsend, BPU director of utility services, said two developers have proposals for the economic development fund, and some are in the early stages, so it may take time to get the information in.
BPU board member Jeff Bryant said he looked at the BPU’s incentives and economic development grants as investments in the community that will eventually show a return on investment.
On Nov. 1, the college received a certificate allowing it to demolish a KCK landmark church on the property at 7th and State, where the new campus will be built.
