Busy day in Kansas City

To start the day, late last night, "A rolling gun battle damaged several buildings in downtown Kansas City, Missouri early Monday morning. Now, police think they may have one of two cars involved in a shootout. It happened around 1:30 a.m. near 11th & Grand." Fortunately, they pulled over a car with two wounded passengers, a gun and some shell casings in the car. Hopefully, that one will be able to solve itself quickly. Then, of course, today was the first day of school for the KCMO School District. I hope we find that all went very well. That was a WHOLE LOTTA kids, going in a lot of new directions, to a lot of different schools. Cross your fingers. Next item: "Authorities said Monday morning they are searching for George Dudley, an inmate who escaped the Wyandotte County Courthouse." Mr. Dudley is a "'charged and convicted sex offender and is considered extremely dangerous,' said Jeffrey S. Fewell, spokesman for the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office." Next up, this afternoon, "A robber stole a large amount of cash from a Brinks employee near a bank ATM machine this afternoon, Kansas City police said. This afternoon, a big fear for the KCMO School District took place briefly when one of the kids went missing. Fortunately it turned out well: Kansas City police scoured a city park this afternoon before finding a 9-year-old boy reported missing after he didn’t return home from school. He was from John T. Hartman Elementary. I would say they "dodged a bullet" on that one but that's not a great euphemism to use in Kansas City. The last thing for the day--that I'm aware of right now--"A 19-year-old motorist was critically injured in a drive-by shooting this afternoon at Swope Parkway and Cleveland Avenue." And you know that's just East of the Plaza, right?. Anyway, holy cow. It's been one heckuva busy day for the city. And there's not even a full moon to blame it on. Let's hope tomorrow is quieter, eh? Links to original stories: http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-2car-shoot-out-downtown-11thgrand-083010,0,6806661.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wdaf-news+(FOX4KC+Local+News) http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/30/2187533/sexual-predator-escapes-in-wyandotte.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/30/2187840/robbery-at-atm-reported-in-midtown.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/30/2187944/kc-shooting-critically-injures.html