homicide

The 14-year-old was one of six teens charged in the death of 19-year-old Marco Cardino, in what appears to have been a marijuana deal gone awry at Black Bob Park.

Six juveniles are facing felony murder charges after a killing in Black Bob Park in Olathe. The Johnson County district attorney is seeking to try four of them — all 14-years old — as adults, an exceedingly uncommon occurrence in Kansas.

Six teens are facing felony murder charges after a killing in Black Bob Park in Olathe. The Johnson County District Attorney is seeking to try four of them as adults — but in Kansas, it’s exceedingly uncommon for 14-year-olds to be prosecuted as adults.

Over the course of a few months in 2002, nine patients at a hospital in Chillicothe, Missouri, died under unexplained circumstances. Now, a prosecutor has charged a former hospital employee with murdering one of them.

El 25 de abril, un año después de que fuera asesinada a tiros, KCUR recuerda a la reportera Aviva Okeson-Haberman. Como en muchos casos de homicidio en Kansas City, nadie ha sido acusado de su muerte.

La organización sin fines de lucro Common Good de KC ofrece subsidios a las víctimas del crimen de delitos para ayudar a las familias a hacer frente a los gastos funerarios. El dinero procede de un fondo de $250.000 dólares recaudados por donadores anónimos

The nonprofit KC Common Good is offering grants to help the families of crime victims deal with the expense of funeral costs. The money comes from a $250,000 fund collected from anonymous donors.

St. Louis and Kansas City both have programs meant to recognize and interrupt conflicts before they escalate to violence, but the results are very different.

After a near-record year for homicides, Mayor Quinton Lucas urges Kansas Citians to start the new year right: without deaths due to celebratory gunfire.

In August 2015, the body of 36-year-old Danielle Wilson was found in an alley near the crossing of East 29th Street and Myrtle Avenue. Police and Wilson’s family members urge people with information about Wilson's death to come forward.

The new policy will prohibit officers from using so-called less-lethal weapons to disperse crowds engaging in "First Amendment-protected activities" like public protests.

Those who know the effects of violent crime in Kansas City, Missouri reveal their loss and pain, and what goes best between two slices of bread in this town.