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Kansas City Police Investigate More Reports Of Highway Shootings

Police say there might be as many as 20 victims in the spree of highway shootings around the Kansas City area.

Captain Tye Grant says since the shootings have been widely publicized, a number of people have come forward who think they may have been involved in a similar incident.

Police are now looking into 20 possible shootings on area highways, but Grant emphasizes the number is extremely fluid.

“Because honestly that is changing so much by the time I give it to you and the time you report it, it’s going to change," says Grant.

Grant also says investigators were able to link some of the incidents together, but declined to say how. He says protecting drivers as well as the integrity of the investigation were department priorities.

Three people have been injured in the shootings. The last of which was on Sunday.

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