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At least 8 children among 22 hit by gunfire at end of Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade; 1 person killed

By Heather Hollingsworth, Nick Ingram, Associated Press

Minutes after Kansas City Chiefs players vowed to go for a third-straight Super Bowl title, there was a shooting following the speeches that ended a victory parade.

Kansas City, Missouri shootings leave at least 3 dead, 5 injured

By Associated Press

At least three people have been found dead, and at least five others are thought to be injured, police in Missouri said while investigating two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning.

Kansas City homeowner accused of shooting Ralph Yarl pleads not guilty

By Margaret Stafford, Jim Salter, Associated Press

Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance.

Shot Black teenager crying ‘buckets of tears,’ 84-year-old in custody

By Margaret Stafford, Jim Salter, Associated Press

As 16-year-old Ralph Yarl struggled to come to grips with being shot for going to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers, the white Kansas City, Missouri, homeowner who shot the Black teenager turned himself in on Tuesday.

Missouri man charged in shooting of Black teenager at his front door

By Margaret Stafford, Jim Salter, Associated Press

The 85-year-old white man who shot a Black teen at his front door in Kansas City, Missouri, last week has been charged charged with armed assault, the Clay County prosecutor said Monday.

Kansas City police investigating shooting of Black teen who went to wrong house

By Margaret Stafford, Jim Salter, Associated Press

Authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, say the investigation into the shooting by a homeowner of a Black teenager who went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers includes questions about whether it was racially motivated.

White Missouri officer convicted in Black man’s 2019 death

By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

Jackson County Judge Dale Youngs issued the verdict Friday against Officer Eric J. DeValkenaere in the death of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, who was parking a pickup truck in his backyard when he was shot Dec. 3, 2019.

A pro-slavery petition is the latest racist incident at this Kansas City high school. Parents say they’ve had enough

By Gabrielle Hays

Parents say the district is doing little to mitigate the ongoing problems, including individual attacks on students based on their race.

Kansas City Chiefs to prohibit Native American imagery at Arrowhead Stadium

By Dave Skretta, Associated Press

The announcement Thursday comes on the heels of the NFL team in Washington choosing to drop its nickname after a long and often contentious dialogue with fans and the public.

Police look for 2 men in Kansas bar shooting that killed 4

By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

Two men opened fire inside a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, early Sunday, killing four people and wounding five others in a shooting believed to have stemmed from an earlier dispute, police said.