KANSAS CITY, MO can be very proud of their police department for the way they handled this situation, bringing it to an end without anyone being shot or killed. Very interesting that KMBC or the AP did not mention the shooter's ethnicity as they could have used this story to show the Kansas City, MO police department is addressing racial, prejudice, bigotry and police violence problem sin their department. Also from KCTV5....
Standoff ends hours after armed man shot at employees at Arrowhead Stadium
Police shut down the Truman Sports Complex Saturday afternoon after an armed man fired shots at Arrowhead Stadium from the parking lot.
Around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, police said the standoff had come to an end and the suspect was taken into custody without incident. The suspect, a man in his 30's, was believed to be having a mental health crisis, according to officers. They said he did not meet the criteria for a psychiatric evaluation at a hospital, but received an evaluation at the scene and would be booked into jail.
Police said they were called to the sports complex around 10:30 a.m. for a man firing shots at employees, but no one was hit by the gunfire. Officers were able to move employees to safety.
Officers were in a stand-off with the armed individual for more than seven hours. Police said tactical officers and negotiators made contact with the suspect, and that he was contained to the south side of the complex during the standoff. Police say he had two handguns.
According to officers, several verbal deescalation techniques were used without success. The decision was made to use less lethal weapons to get the suspect in custody. The suspect was not injured, and police recovered two handguns and a knife.
There were no sporting events being held at the complex Saturday afternoon, but police were asking everyone to avoid the area.
There was a Royals game scheduled for 6:05 p.m., but a Royals spokesperson tells KMBC 9 it was delayed to 6:35 p.m. because of the standoff situation. Manager Mike Matheny said all players arrived safely at Kauffman Stadium and used alternate entrances to avoid the standoff. As usual, no fans are allowed due to COVID-19.
Police say at this time, they don't know the motivation behind the shooting.
Man arrested after standoff outside Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who fired shots at employees outside Arrowhead Stadium was arrested Saturday after a daylong standoff.
Kansas City police spokesman Capt. David Jackson said the man arrived at the Truman Sports Complex around 10:30 a.m. Saturday and fired several shots at employees but did not hit anyone. The man was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. on suspicion of several charges related to the shooting.
Jackson said the man pointed guns during the standoff and at some times he placed the guns in his waistband as he moved around a parking lot. Jackson said the man didn’t appear to have any connection to the Kansas City Chiefs or Royals.
The Kansas City Royals’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates was delayed about half an hour because of the standoff but was played after the man was arrested.
KCK man charged in weekend attempted shooting outside Arrowhead
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) – Authorities in Jackson County have charged a Kansas City, Kansas, man with multiple crimes in connection with reports of gunfire and an armed standoff over the weekend at Arrowhead Stadium.
Prosecutors said 33-year-old Joshua D. Newton has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and making a terrorist threat in the first degree in connection with the Saturday incident. He is being held on a $40,000 cash only bond.
Police responded to the stadium around 11 a.m. after receiving reports of a disturbance involving a weapon. When they arrived, they found a groundskeeper for the Kansas City Royals who said he was disposing of grass clippings when he saw Newton walking through the parking lot.
The groundskeeper told police that when Newton saw him, he turned and pulled two handguns and began firing at the groundskeeper, who ran from the scene.
Video from the area showed Newton walking around the stadium holding something that looked like a gun and raising it in the air. When officers investigated the man’s social media profile that showed he had posted threatening messages related to heading to the stadium.
When officers were able to take Newton into custody, they found loaded handguns with him. Police said that Newton acknowledge that he had pointed a gun at someone during the incident.
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