3 Kansas City police officers shot, conditions unknown

HERE. THIS NIGHT HAS TURNED VIOLENT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN THE 2300 BLOCK OF BLUE RIDGE, WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE KANSAS CITY OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT. THE SCENE IS A FLUID SCENE RIGHT NOW. IT IS A STANDOFF SCENE WITH A SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS. YOU CAN SEE THE TACTICAL UNIT IS ON THE SCENE THERE. AND ALONG WITH THE POLICE AND FROM A VERY SAFE DISTANCE IS ONE OF OUR KMBC PHOTOJOURNALIST DANIEL WEBSTER. HOLD. AND DANIEL, YOU YOU GOT ON THE SCENE ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES AGO. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU’RE SEEING AND WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE. WELL, IT’S PRETTY CHAOTIC. LAURA. VERY LARGE SCENE WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, KANSAS CITY POLICE OFFICERS WERE STILL ARRIVING ALONG WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT TO AID THOSE OFFICERS. SEVERAL OF THE OFFICERS DID HAVE THEIR AIR FIFTEENS OUT. SO THERE IN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION RIGHT NOW. I WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THAT AREA AND I CAME AROUND AND FOUND THIS ONE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE OUR TACTICAL UNITS ARE NOW IN THIS STANDOFF HERE OFF 23RD. AND IT’S JUST A FLUID SITUATION. THERE’S BEEN SEVERAL SIRENS STILL APPROACHING THE SCENE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT AT THE MOMENT. BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS SCENE IS VERY LARGE. THEY HAVE THEIR TACTICAL UNITS OUT IN THEIR ARMORED VEHICLES. SO KANSAS CITY, THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STILL IN THIS STANDOFF. AND IT’S JUST A FLUID SITUATION AT THIS TIME, LAURA. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL. AND ABOUT HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS CAN YOU SEE OR YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, COUNTING FROM WHERE YOU’RE AT THAT ARE ON THE SCENE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE ALL POISED AND IN POSITION. YOU KNOW, IN THESE SITUATIONS, WE KNOW THAT IT’S PROTOCOL FOR EVENTUALLY A NEGOTIATOR TO COME ON THE SCENE AND TRY AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS THAT ARE IN A HOUSE, IN AN APARTMENT, WHATEVER. THAT BUILDING MAY BE. AND DANIEL HAS NOW PULLED OUT. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR AWAY HE IS FROM THE SCENE AND ALSO HOW LARGE THIS SCENE IS, WHERE TO WHERE WE KNOW MULTIPLE KANSAS CITY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY WERE SHOT. DANIEL, WE ARE WAITING FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TO GET ON THE SCENE. SO WE CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ALSO, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ONE BLOCK, TWO BLOCK AREA THAT HAS BEEN CORDONED OFF. WELL, WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IS I’M ON TOP OF I BELIEVE IT’S 23RD STREET THAT GOES OVER OR NO, I’M SORRY, THAT’S 23RD THAT RUNS BELOW HIGHWAY 78. THIS IS THE STREET OF ROOMS ALONG TOP OF THAT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAYBE GET A SHOT OF EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT 24TH STREET IN AND BLUE RIDGE. SO I’M ON SOUTH BLUE RIDGE UP ON TOP OF 23RD. AND THIS IS HONESTLY JUST A FRACTION OF THE SCENE. POLICE ARE ALL OVER HIGHWAY 78, DOWN BELOW. THIS IS UP ON TOP OF BLUE RIDGE. SO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE SCENE. I THINK I WAS JUST ABLE BY LUCK TO FIND THE CORE OF IT AND HAPPENED UPON THIS AND KNEW THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE HEART OF THE MATTER. AGAIN, THIS THIS SCENE IS EXTREMELY LARGE. WE’RE LOOKING AT JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF IT. SO IN ALL, THREE POLICE OFFICERS THAT I HAVE SEEN, I’VE MAYBE SEEN ABOUT MAYBE 30. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL, THANK YOU. YOU STAY SAFE. STAY AS FAR AS YOU ARE FROM THE SCENE. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO ZOOM IN AND GIVE US A CLOSER LOOK WITH THE LENS OF YOUR CAMERA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE THAT SCENE. BUT AS DANIEL MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, AND OUR PHOTOJOURNALISTS ARE NOT USED TO BEING PUT ON THE SPOT AND BEING PUT ON AIR. BUT DANIEL DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING JUST HOW SERIOUS AND HOW LARGE THIS POLICE SCENE IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TACTICAL UNIT IS ON THE SCENE AS WELL. WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT 15 MINUTES GOING ON 20 MINUTES AGO IS THAT OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. WHAT EXACTLY THEY WERE DOING, WHAT THE CALL WAS, WE DO NOT KNOW AT THIS POINT. THEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND WE KNOW THAT’S WHEN MULTIPLE OFFICERS WERE SHOT. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THEIR CONDITIONS ARE UNKNOWN. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THIS HAS TURNED INTO A STANDOFF SITUATION, MEANING THERE IS NO ONE IN CUSTODY AT THIS POINT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS SITUATION TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO THAT’S WHY THE TACTICAL UNIT IS ON THE SCENE. AT SOME POINT, WE DO KNOW IT’S PROTOCOL THAT THEY’RE GOING TO TRY AND TALK TO THE PERSON, THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE TO GET THEM TO COME OUT PEACEFULLY BECAUSE THIS SITUATION CERTAINLY DIDN’T START OUT PEACEFULLY. IT STARTED OUT VIOLENT EARLY AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS

Three Kansas City police officers shot in the 2300 block of Blue Ridge, conditions unknown

Updated: 11:16 PM CST Feb 28, 2023

Three Kansas City police officers have been shot in the 2300 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard, according to the Kansas City Police Department and Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas. The department does not have conditions of the officers. “We’ve been reminded too much lately in Kansas City how dangerous police work can be,” Lucas said in a tweet. “I am praying for a full recovery for our three officers injured this evening and that everyone on duty gets home to their families safely.”A police standoff has been called with a suspect or suspects in the case. There’s a large presence of police officers outside of University Health: It’s recommended to avoid the area. This is a developing story.

Three Kansas City police officers have been shot in the 2300 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard, according to the Kansas City Police Department and Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas.

The department does not have conditions of the officers.

“We’ve been reminded too much lately in Kansas City how dangerous police work can be,” Lucas said in a tweet. “I am praying for a full recovery for our three officers injured this evening and that everyone on duty gets home to their families safely.”

A police standoff has been called with a suspect or suspects in the case.

There’s a large presence of police officers outside of University Health:

It’s recommended to avoid the area.

This is a developing story.