GUILTY MO - Two people injured in series of highway shootings, Kansas City, March-April 2014

D

davehead21

Well-Known Member

Joined

Aug 30, 2008

Messages

2,076

Reaction score

194

• Apr 9, 2014

• #1

Police link some of the 13 recent shootings on area highways and roadways

Kansas City police have developed information that links some of the 13 recent shootings on area highways and roadways, they said Tuesday.

Investigators won’t say how many they’ve linked or whether they used suspect descriptions, ballistic comparisons or other means to connect them.

Police discussed several additional similar shootings at a briefing Tuesday morning but don’t have enough information to add those incidents to the possible pattern of 13 identified by police analysts over the weekend, said police spokesman Capt. Tye Grant, who attended the briefing.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/08/4945176/kansas-city-police-link-some-of.html#storylink=cpy

More links:

http://www.kmbc.com/news/police-atf-search-along-highways-in-south-kc/25394490

http://abcnews.go.com/US/kansas-city-authorities-seek-perpetrator-shootings-linked/story?id=23247010

http://www.kctv5.com/category/281458/search-for-the-highway-shooter

 

J

jggordo

Well-Known Member

Joined

Nov 15, 2013

Messages

2,261

Reaction score

3,271

• Apr 9, 2014

• #2

A lot of the problem in that area of Kansas City is so many different LE jurisdictions. KC, Blue Springs, Grandview on the MO side and KC, KS, Leawood, P. Village, Olathe, Overland Park to name a few on the KS side.

There shouldn't be a problem getting cooperation there. I believe there is an FBI and ATF office in KC. JMO's

 

popsicle

faith hope love

Joined

Mar 16, 2009

Messages

22,113

Reaction score

303

• Apr 17, 2014

• #3

NBC Nightly News ‏@nbcnightlynews 7m
BREAKING: Kansas City highway shootings suspect in custody, @kcpolice says

 

popsicle

faith hope love

Joined

Mar 16, 2009

Messages

22,113

Reaction score

303

• Apr 17, 2014

• #4

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 19m
RT @ChiefForte: Highway shooter suspect in custody. Will provide additional at 7:30 PM. Stand-by for location

 

popsicle

faith hope love

Joined

Mar 16, 2009

Messages

22,113

Reaction score

303

• Apr 17, 2014

• #5

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 3m
Highway shooting suspect is in custody but has not yet been charged. We will provide more information until tomorrow.

 

popsicle

faith hope love

Joined

Mar 16, 2009

Messages

22,113

Reaction score

303

• Apr 17, 2014

• #6

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 11m
Highway shooting suspect is in custody but has not yet been charged. We will provide more information until tomorrow.

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 2m
Sorry, we will *not* provide more information until tomorrow.

chiefforte ‏@ChiefForte 5m
.@kcpolice thank you to all involved law enforcement, the grtr metro community 4 involvement/support and media outlets responsible reporting

 

J

jggordo

Well-Known Member

Joined

Nov 15, 2013

Messages

2,261

Reaction score

3,271

• Apr 17, 2014

• #7

Short story and video pics of the suspect arrested today. Thank you popsicle for the heads up. My head must have been in the sand. I live near there.

KC area crime has just become unbearable. I have moved from the Metro area because of it, after 13 years. I had become too apathetic to the daily acceptance that LE seems to have about violent crime. JMO's

http://www.kmbc.com/news/kc-police-chief-highway-shooter-suspect-in-custody/25540596

 

J

jggordo

Well-Known Member

Joined

Nov 15, 2013

Messages

2,261

Reaction score

3,271

• Apr 18, 2014

• #8

The KC Star story.

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/17/4966719/kc-police-suspects-in-highway.html

 

popsicle

faith hope love

Joined

Mar 16, 2009

Messages

22,113

Reaction score

303

• Apr 18, 2014

• #9

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 9m
Press conference for highway shooter will be at 12:30 p.m.

 

LisaCougar

Well-Known Member

Joined

Jan 9, 2012

Messages

445

Reaction score

635

• Apr 18, 2014

• #10

OMG this guy worked in my daughter's office. I am sick to my stomach.

 

popsicle

faith hope love

Joined

Mar 16, 2009

Messages

22,113

Reaction score

303

• Apr 18, 2014

• #11

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 22m
.@ChiefForte thanks investigators, LE partners for hard work on highway shooter case. Mohammed Whitaker charged w/ 18 felony counts.

Retweeted by Kansas City Police
Dana Wright ‏@RadioDana 21m
Lots of thanking of lots of people at podium and today I'm ok with that. This is a great day. Hats off to @kcpolice - truly.

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 16m
.@MayorSlyJames : "But for tips from public, this apprehension might never have happened."

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 9m
Whitaker's bond is set at $1 million.

Kansas City Police ‏@kcpolice 9m
Highway shooter investigation is ongoing.

 

LisaCougar

Well-Known Member

Joined

Jan 9, 2012

Messages

445

Reaction score

635

• Apr 18, 2014

• #12

My daughter said the police and FBI were at her offices last night. He worked at OptumRX.

 

Forager

Member

Joined

Apr 8, 2015

Messages

851

Reaction score

8

• Oct 12, 2016

• #13

Mohammed Whitaker pleads guilty to 2014 Kansas City area highway shootings, will serve 30 years
BY ANDREW LYNCH AND ROBERT TOWNSEND, UPDATED AT 06:14PM, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
http://fox4kc.com/2016/09/13/mohamm...y-area-highway-shootings-will-serve-30-years/

"A Grandview man who police said opened fire on unsuspecting drivers traveling on Kansas City area highways in 2014 has pleaded guilty to 20 felony charges. Mohammed Whitaker, 30, will serve 30 years in prison according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

Whitaker had been set to go to trial on September 26 before entering guilty pleas on Tuesday to 10 counts of unlawful discharge of a weapon at a motor vehicle and 10 counts of armed criminal action.

Police said Whitaker was responsible for at least nine different highway shootings, seven occurring on roadways around the Grandview Triangle between March and April of 2014. At least two victims were wounded... "

The reports I saw made no mention of motive.