AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS TONIGHT.
A SEARCH FOR TWO GUNMEN NEAR
K.U. THIS EVENING, PROMPTING A
CAMPUS ALERT FOR THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS.
CHOPPER 9 WAS OVER THE SCENE
ANOTHER THE HOME WHERE THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED, SHOWING
OFFICERS HUNTING FOR THOSE
SUSPECTS.
AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU TONIGHT FROM THE AIR AND ON
THE GROUND.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE SCENE IS IN THE 1600 BLOCK
OF WEST 19TH TERRACE.
WE BEGIN WITH KMBC'S ELI
ROSENBERG.
ELI, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO
NEIGHBORS AND INVESTIGATORS.
WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE
SUSPECTS ANDED WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ABOUT THE VICTIMS?
GUYS, THERE'S STILL A LARGE
SCENE HERE.
IN FACT, IT WAS WITHIN THE LAST
HOUR OR SO, THE CRIME SCENE VAN
WAS ON LOCATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE HERE ON
19TH TERRACE.
THIS HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 THIS
AFTERNOON.
ON SUCH A NICE DAY LIKE TODAY,
THERE WERE KIDS OUT PLAYING.
WE JUST TALKED TO AN 11-YEAR-OLD
WHO WAS RIDING HER BIKE IN THE
DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE SAW TWO MEN
RUN FROM THE SCENE WITH HOODS
OVER THEIR HEADS.
LET'S LOOK AT THESE PICTURES.
THESE WERE SNAPPED BY THE GUY
WHO LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THIS HOME.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE THREE
VICTIMS WERE SHOT INSIDE THE
HOUSE.
ALL THREE WERE RUSHED TO A
KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL.
SOMETHING POLICE HERE TELL ME
THEY ONLY DO WHEN THE INJURIES
ARE SEVERE.
FOR THAT 11-YEAR-OLD I JUST TOLD
YOU ABOUT, SHE TELLS ME AT FIRST
SHE THOUGHT THE GUYS WERE JUST
OUT FOR A RUN IN THE BLACK
HOODS.
BUT DETECTIVES INTERVIEWED HER
TONIGHT BUT BEFORE THEY DID, SHE
TOLD US WHAT SHE SAW.
BLACK SUITS AND I THOUGHT IT
WAS LIKE JOGGING OR SOMETHING,
BUT THEN THE COPS WERE COMING.
SO THEN I WAS LOOKING AND THEY
RAN OFF.
WE KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS A
MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY
GOT HURT, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY
HAPPENED.
THERE'S KIDS ACROSS THE
STREET THERE.
THERE'S KIDS DOWN THE STREET.
IT'S KIND OF SCARY.
NOW, AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK,
YOU CAN STILL SEE ALL THE
DETECTIVES AROUND THE HOME IN
LAWRENCE.
NEIGHBORS TELL ME THAT THIS IS
NORMALLY A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD
BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOME
QUESTION ABOUT THAT HOUSE.
THEY TELL ME THE NUMBER OF
VEHICLES THAT WOULD COME AND GO
FROM THAT HOUSE.
DETECTIVES HERE WORKING THE
SCENE STILL.
ELI, WE KNOW IT'S A LARGE
POLICE PRESENCE THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE KNOW THERE'S A SCHOOL NEARBY.
ANY WORD HOW LONG INVESTIGATORS
MIGHT BE OUT THERE AND THAT
MIGHT BE AN ACTIVE SCENE?
PROBABLY
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SHORTLY AFTER THIS CALL CAME IN
AROUND 4:30, IT GOT DARK OUT
HERE.
IT'S A LARGE CRIME SCENE.
IN FACT, STRETCHES ABOUT A BLOCK
PAST THIS HOUSE OVER THERE.
THERE IS TALK ABOUT WAITING
UNTIL DAY LITHE SO THEY DON'T
MISS ANY EVIDENCE, SO THEY COULD
BE OUT HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE'RE LIVE IN LAWRENCE, ELI
ROSENBERG.
WE KNOW THE SEARCH BEGAN
DURING OUR 5:30 NEWSCAST EARLIER
THIS EVENING.
AND WE SENT JOHNNY ROWLANDS
TO GO UP ABOVE.
THE SCENE A STONE'S THROW AT
ALAN FIELD HOUSE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICE ON THE
SCENE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN MOVING OUT -- IN
AND OUT OF THIS ONE RESIDENCE.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE
MOST ACTIVITY.
COUPLE OF THE SIDE STREETS ARE
BLOCKED HERE AND A LOT OF POLICE
MILLING AROUND.
YOU IMAGINE DETECTIVES DOWN
THERE AS WELL TRYING TO SORT
THROUGH WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
NO MAJOR ROADS ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF LAWRENCE HERE ARE BLOCKED FOR
NOW.
BACK TO NEW THE STUDIO.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
THIS.
STUDENTS ARE ON ALERT AFTER
THIS TRIPLE SHOOTING.
WITH THE SUSPECT STILL ON THE
LOOSE, EVERYONE HERE IN THE AREA
IS CONCERNED.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
WORK, WHERE THEY STUDY, WHERE
THEY WORE SHIP.
EARLIER I SPOKE WITH A PH.D.
STUDENT WHO IS A FATHER.
HE SAYS HE'S SEEN THE NUMBER OF
ALERTS THE UNIVERSITY SENDS OUT
HAS INCREASED.
HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
VIOLENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
JUST THREE WEEKS AGO ON THIS
SAME SIDE OF CARPOUS, HIS
NEIGHBOR WAS THREATENED BY SOME
ARMED MEN.
THEY STOLE $50 AND A TV, HE
SAYS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HIM
WORRIED.
IT'S ABOUT 50, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE YES, IT'S CONCERNING.
AND TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROXIMITY, THIS IS WHERE THE
CRIME SCENE IS.
HE WORESHIPS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS
FROM HERE AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ME TO MY RIGHT, HE'S JUST UP
THIS STREET.
BRIAN JOHNSON, KMBC 9 NEWS.
WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
KANSAS CITY POLICE AND THEY TELL
US AN ALERT WAS ISSUED TO ALL
29,000 STUDENTS WARNING THEM OF
THE SITUATION AND THAT THE
SUSPECTS ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE.