3 Confirmed Dead in Shootings at Overland Park Kansas Jewish Sites - Updated
The Jewish Community Center is right behind the Sprint campus where I used to work; this appears to be a hate crime from initial reporting. Initial reports also said 2 dead, but a subsequent report from CBS sets the tally at 1 death. NBC local news reports three are now confirmed dead; one died at Overland Park Regional Medical Center while undergoing surgery for critical injuries.
I will caution all my readers that initial reports at a shooting like this are usually not wholly accurate, and the most accurate account will likely come at the 5PM central news conference. Several local station streaming links are below.
Police said they are investigating fatal shootings at the Overland Park Jewish Community Center and at an assisted living center several blocks south.
Police said they are investigating fatal shootings at the Overland Park Jewish Community Center and at an assisted living center several blocks south.
Police said one person was killed at the Jewish Community Center at 5800 W. 115th Street and another was killed at Village Shalom, an assisted living facility at 123rd Street and Nall.
A third person was shot and critically injured. That person was taken to a nearby hospital.
Investigators said the entire Jewish Community Center campus has been placed on lockdown while police search the area.
More: 2 Dead, 1 Injured in Shootings at OP Jewish Sites
Hate crime shootings in OP. Reports of multiple victims. Reporting, taking witness calls at 576-7798 & talking about it now
— KMBZ News (@KMBZnews) April 13, 2014
Update: CBS saying 1 dead
cbsnews.com
Reports indicate 1 was killed and another critically injured in 2 shootings at K.C. Jewish facilities today - http://t.co/MqYwNvomrG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 13, 2014
And then there is this:
@weeddude MT @AFGutierrez OP PD arrest man in parking lot of Valley Park elem.He yelled “Heil Hitler” at us pic.twitter.com/EXkiaBX5OY
— Omar Villafranca (@OmarVillafranca) April 13, 2014
Update from Andres Gutierez from the local NBC stations who is headed to media staging area now:
Investigators processing this white car associated with the person Overland Park police have in custody @41ActionNews pic.twitter.com/vtNVqG6Px6
— Andres Gutierrez (@AFGutierrez) April 13, 2014
UPDATE: Reports now say three confirmed dead:
JUST IN: Three people confirmed dead following shootings at Jewish Community Center, Village Shalom #OverlandPark
— 41 Action News (@41ActionNews) April 13, 2014
KANSAS: The FBI in Kansas say they’re on scene of two shootings in Overland Park assisting local police at this point.
— KolHaolam (@KolHaolam) April 13, 2014
Local Station News Links
One shooting was reported about 1 p.m. Sunday at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City, according to an Overland Park Fire Department spokesman. This happened at the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre inside the center.
About 75 people were inside the theatre, most of them children.
Teens were auditioning for KC Superstar and parents were frantically trying to get to their children.
A second shooting was reported at Village Shalom, which is an assisted living center at 5500 West 123rd St.
Many more details at Jewish Daily Forward
forward.com