Woman injured after shooting in hotel parking garage near Country Club Plaza
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Saturday night just before 9:30 p.m., the Kansas City Police Department responded to a shooting in a hotel parking garage near the Country Club Plaza.
The shooting occurred close to where Bishop Miege students were holding their prom, but the school said no students were involved or hurt.
Police said the shooting happened at 45th and Main Street, where the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza is located. Investigators say a woman had pulled into the parking garage and heard gunshots. Soon after, she realized she had been struck.
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The woman was taken to a hospital and is reported to have non-life-threatening injuries, KCPD said.
FOX4 received a tip about the shooting on Saturday night. The source sent screenshots of Bishop Miege’s school text line that updated students about the incident.
According to messages from the school around 9:45 p.m., the scene did not involve a Bishop Miege student, and students would be escorted to their cars by police.
“It’s upsetting that it’s happening a lot more often, and it just doesn’t feel very safe,” Country Club Plaza visitor Julia Quigley said.
“Especially around here, in this area, the plaza; you just wouldn’t expect that. It’s just very, like, family-oriented, and then stuff like that happens, and then you just kind of get freaked out, and you’re like, okay, well, anywhere I go, then this could happen,” Country Club Plaza visitor Celene Thurman said.
The shooting Saturday night near 45th and Main comes just a couple of weeks after shots were fired near Shake Shack in Country Club Plaza on April 6. No one was hurt, but the bullets pierced cars and shop windows.
“It’s a place where a lot of teenagers go. I know that I’ve been coming here since I was in eighth grade, so it’s kind of worrisome,” Country Club Plaza visitor Kennedy Hopson said. “I know there’s a curfew, but it’s also happening during the day. So it’s like, is it safe for people to have their 14 or 15-year-old children out here walking around? Probably not.”
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The updates also said that the shooting did not cause the hotel to go on lockdown, and it was not an ‘active shooter’ situation, according to police.
After the prom, parents were able to pick up their kids across the street at American Century.
Police didn’t say if they arrested anyone and they did not provide a description of a suspect. FOX4 will update this story with more details as more information is confirmed.
