KCK police vehicles shot at in parking lot at 61st and Leavenworth Road

Police are seeking information about this suspect vehicle and its driver involved in shooting police vehicles at 61st and Leavenworth Road.
Police are seeking information about the suspect vehicle and its driver involved in shooting police vehicles at 61st and Leavenworth Road.

Kansas City, Kansas, police vehicles were shot at about 11:52 a.m. Sept. 10 in the parking lot at 6100 Leavenworth Road, according to a police spokesman.

The vehicles, which were not occupied at the time, had some damage caused by gunfire, according to the spokesman.

The location of the shooting was at the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department Traffic Support Unit.

Witnesses have said they saw a heavy-set male, wearing construction-type gloves, shooting at the driver’s side window of a charcoal gray Ford Escape, the spokesman stated.

After the shots, the vehicle drove at a high rate through the parking lot and fled eastbound on Leavenworth Road, the police spokesman stated.

The vehicle appeared to have dried mud on the front tires, all black rims, no front license plate, a sunroof and the back windows were tinted, according to police.

Anyone with information about the vehicle or its occupant was encouraged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.