Category: News

Shooting death at I-70 and I-635 under investigation

A shooting death on I-70 and I-635 in the early morning hours April 14 is under investigation, according to Kansas City, Kan., police officers.

The shooting is not believed to be connected to other recent highway shootings that have taken place on the Missouri side of the Greater Kansas City area, a police spokesman said.

Police said two males had suffered gunshot wound and had arrived at the University of Kansas Hospital at 3901 Rainbow Blvd. in Kansas City, Kan., at 3:34 a.m. April 14.

Officers learned that one had died, while the other was in serious but stable condition.

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

SPLC says man arrested for Jewish Community Center killings is a long-time white supremacist

The Southern Poverty Law Center is reporting that the man arrested in Johnson County for shooting three persons near the Jewish Community Center is a white supremacist and long-time anti-Semite.

According to records from the Johnson County Jail, the man arrested was Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, of Aurora, Mo.

He was booked on charges of premeditated first-degree murder.

He also is known by the name Frazier Glenn Miller and is the former “grand dragon” of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

He ran the organization in the 1980s, the SPLC reported. He subsequently formed the White Patriot Party, another white supremacist group, according to SPLC.

SPLC reported that Miller is an anti-Semite who posted more than 12,000 comments on an anti-Jewish website.

To view the SPLC website, visit http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2014/04/13/frazier-glenn-miller-longtime-anti-semite-arrested-in-kansas-jewish-community-center-murders/.

 

Federal civil rights investigation requested in shootings at Jewish Community Center parking lot

Human rights activist Alvin Sykes is calling for a federal criminal civil rights investigation into the shooting deaths of three persons Sunday afternoon near the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kan.

Two persons were killed near the Jewish Community Center and one near Village Shalom center in Overland Park, Kan., this afternoon.

Early news coverage stated that some witnesses said a suspect yelled “Heil Hitler” after being arrested.

Sykes has asked the U.S. attorney general’s office for a federal civil rights investigation.

The Jewish Community Center of Overland Park posted this message on its Facebook page this afternoon:

“Our hearts go out to the families who have suffered loss on this tragic day. Our heartfelt gratitude as well to all those in Kansas City and around the world who have expressed sympathy, concern and support.

“No shooting occurred inside the Jewish Community Center buildings; the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Campus. Everyone participating in JCC programming has been…released to their homes.

“In the meantime, the Jewish Community Center will be closed tomorrow. Again, our hearts go out to all those affected and touched by this terrible tragedy.”