KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police were involved in a shooting near 36th Street and Wabash Avenue Tuesday morning where everyone survived.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol — which is investigating the incident — said KCPD officers were called to the area about 12:30 a.m. for a shots fired call.
When they arrived, a man was in the middle of the street shooting a handgun into the air.
At that time, the KCPD officers attempted to use bean bag rounds, which are less lethal, to subdue the suspect.
MSHP said the rounds did strike the man, but their attempts to take him into custody were unsuccessful.
“That [a bean bag] is a pretty substantial hit to take and still continue doing what you’re doing,” Sgt. Bill Lowe with the Missouri State Highway Patrol admitted.
The man continued to threaten the officers with the handgun, according to Lowe. That's when at least one officer shot the suspect with a gun.
The suspect was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
At this time, law enforcement does not know what the man was shooting his handgun at and how he is connected to the area.
“We’re still trying to comb through all that and figure out what the circumstance was surrounding him being there,” Lowe said, adding investigators will explore the possibility the man had a mental health crisis.
No one else was injured.
MSHP’s “methodical” investigation could take weeks.
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