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Blue Springs Police Investigate Shooting 6/19/2026 The Blue Springs Police Department is conducting a shooting investig...
06/19/2026

Blue Springs Police Investigate Shooting

6/19/2026
The Blue Springs Police Department is conducting a shooting investigation in the 100 block of Little Garden.

Early this morning, their officers were dispatched to a burglary in progress after a homeowner called 911 and stated that an individual had unlawfully entered the residence.

Before officers arrived on scene, the homeowner shot the reported suspect. The individual was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Detectives remain on scene conducting the investigation, which is still active.

They are asking anyone with information related to the incident to contact them at 816-228-0151.

Information from KCKPD and how they identified and tracked the suspected still wanted in a string of shootings.Press rel...
06/18/2026

Information from KCKPD and how they identified and tracked the suspected still wanted in a string of shootings.

Press release from the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department

For Immediate Release
Date: 06/18/2026
Time: 2:11 PM
Contact: Carlos Ulloa, PIO
Cell: (913) 314-1721

Kansas City, Kansas Police Department information on a suspect being sought in a KCK shooting and a series of shootings in KCMO.

On June 11, 2026, at approximately 6:26 p.m., a vehicle occupied by an adult and a child was struck by gunfire in the area of 7th Street and Metropolitan Avenue. Kansas City, Kansas Detectives interviewed witnesses, and KCKPD analysts with our Real Time Intelligence Crime Center (RTICC) utilized innovative technological resources to identify the suspect. Information obtained enabled RTICC analysts to track the suspect's movements and positively identify both the suspect and his residence. This information was then used to create a metro-wide officer safety alert.

As a series of shootings were occurring in Kansas City, Missouri, members of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department recognized that the suspect description from those incidents closely matched the suspect involved in the Kansas City, Kansas shooting.

KCKPD personnel promptly shared information related to the Kansas City, Kansas incident with the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department. The information provided created a person of interest for the KCMO shootings.

A four-month-investigation culminated with the arrest of a Gladstone man yesterday for possession of child sexual abuse ...
06/18/2026

A four-month-investigation culminated with the arrest of a Gladstone man yesterday for possession of child sexual abuse material.

Sheriff’s Office deputies and Special Victims Unit detectives served a search warrant yesterday at the residence of 51-year-old Cecil Cameron, Jr. He has been charged with two felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. The Court set his bond at $50,000. The investigation is ongoing, and more charges may be warranted based on analysis of evidence seized from the home, which included electronic devices and apparent narcotics.

Special Victims Unit investigators received an Internet Crimes Against Children tip in this case in March 2026. They have worked through several legal processes over the last several months to gather evidence, culminating yesterday in Cameron’s arrest and the search warrant of his house in the 200 block of NE 77th Street, Gladstone, Mo.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is part of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. It is a network of 61 coordinated task forces, representing more than 5,400 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, dedicated to investigating, prosecuting and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children.

This case was a result of a tip to the Cyber Tipline, the nation’s centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children. It is operated by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Those tips are routed to local law enforcement like the Clay County Sheriff’s Office for investigation.

06/18/2026

Update as of 2:50 p.m. (June 18): The missing juvenile has been located.
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MISSING JUVENILE: The Grain Valley Police Department (Missouri) is searching for a missing 13-year-old boy with a medical condition.

The individual was last seen near Buckner Tarsney/McQuerry on June 17, 2026, at approximately 7:45 p.m. The juvenile was last seen wearing grey shorts, a black shirt, and a pink backpack.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of this person, please call 9-1-1 or dispatch at (816) 795-1960.

Photo of the old Wild Woody's sign.
06/18/2026

Photo of the old Wild Woody's sign.

The Kansas City Missouri Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance. If anyone sees or has information on t...
06/18/2026

The Kansas City Missouri Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance. If anyone sees or has information on the whereabouts of Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, 22, of Independence, Mo., call 911 immediately.

Sanchez-Munoz is wanted in a homicide and shootings that occurred mainly along I-70 on Tuesday evening, leading to a standoff at a house in Independence.

Overnight the scene was maintained by a combination of Independence Police and Blue Springs Police until the house was deemed by fire personnel safe to enter. The house was cleared by Blue Springs Police at approximately 8 a.m. before turning over the residence to Independence Police and did not locate the subject.
This morning, at approximately 10 a.m., Independence Police turned over the scene in the 700 block of Brookside to Kansas City Police Homicide Detectives to thoroughly process for evidence and continue the search for the subject of interest.

KCPD Detectives worked with Fire Department Personnel, as well as Missouri State Fire Marshalls to include K-9s to thoroughly examine the burned house. As of this afternoon, a search of the property and house has yet to locate the subject of interest.

While processing the scene at the house, other investigators with Kansas City Police continued investigative measures to locate the subject. Those measures remain ongoing and the subject has not yet been located.

The vehicle believed to be involved in last night's shootings was located at the residence on Brookside and is in police custody. Oscar Sanchez-Munoz (09-17-2003) has a warrant in Wyandotte County for Aggravated Assault with a 100K bond.

If anyone sees Sanchez-Munoz, call 911 immediately. If anyone has any information about his whereabouts, they are asked to call 911 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. You can remain anonymous - https://www.kccrimestoppers.com/

Kansas Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Machinegun KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Overland Park, Ks., man was sentenced in federal c...
06/17/2026

Kansas Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Machinegun

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Overland Park, Ks., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a machinegun.

Verdell D. Mays, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough to nine years in federal prison without parole.

On Dec. 4, 2025, Mays pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a machinegun. Mays admitted on June 28, 2025, he possessed a G***k, Model 22C, .40 caliber fully automatic pistol, and that the G***k pistol had a rear slide plate that was modified to produce automatic fire.

On June 28, 2025, Mays fled from Cass County, Mo. Sheriff’s Office deputies by driving approximately 130 miles per hour. The pursuit occurred on Interstate 49, and Mays passed vehicles on the outside shoulder during his flight from law enforcement. During the pursuit, Mays nearly struck a motorcycle, then later nearly struck an SUV.

Mays was driving a stolen vehicle in the pursuit. Deputies conducted an inventory of the vehicle and found the G***k pistol that contained a machinegun conversion device, also known as an “MCD”, or a “switch.” The firearm was loaded with 16 live rounds in the magazine and one live round in the chamber. The firearm was also reported as stolen. Mays also possessed a .40 caliber, 50-round drum magazine containing 46 rounds of live .40 caliber ammunition.

Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who is convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition. Mays felony convictions for distribution of ma*****na and being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm.

Facebook had an interesting glitch today that pulled up Page feeds from a year ago, making them appear they were new pos...
06/17/2026

Facebook had an interesting glitch today that pulled up Page feeds from a year ago, making them appear they were new posts. I feel a little relieved to know I wasn’t the only one sharing other Pages posts today from a year ago. Other Page features are currently returning errors as well.

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