8:45 p.m. GRANDVIEW, Mo. (AP) — Police have arrested a male suspect in a string of random Kansas City-area highway shootings that have wounded three people.
Kansas City, Mo., police Chief Darryl Forte declined to identify the suspect during a Thursday night news conference near the suspect’s home in Grandview. He says he will discuss the case in further detail at another news conference Friday.
Police are searching the suspect’s single-story home and a green Dodge Neon with Illinois license plates that was behind it has been towed away.
Police said last week that they had connected 12 shootings since early March in which vehicles were targeted on Kansas City-area highways and roads.
Most of the reported shootings were in the southern part of Kansas City, Mo., known as the Grandview Triangle where several highways intersect.
7 p.m. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City’s police chief says a suspect in a string of random highway shootings that have wounded three people is in custody.
Police Chief Darryl Forte tweeted that he will provide additional information about the new developments in the investigation at a news conference Thursday night.
Police said last week that they had connected 12 shootings since early March that have targeted vehicles on Kansas City-area roads. Investigators have looked into as many as 20 reported highway shootings as part of their investigation.
Most of the shootings were reported in an area in the southern part of Kansas City, Mo., known as the Grandview Triangle where three interstate highways and U.S. 50 intersect. At least one other was reported in Leawood, Kan.
6:45 p.m. KANSAS CITY – Kansas City Police Chief used twitter to report they have a highway shooter suspect in custody.
Chief Darryl Forte reported more information was going to be available by 7:30 p.m.
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chiefforte .@kcpolice Highway shooter suspect in custody. Will provide additional at 7:30 PM. Stand-by for location