A local police chief is calling a Fort Leavenworth soldier a hero for ending an active shooter incident Wednesday.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – A local police chief is calling a Fort Leavenworth soldier a hero for ending an active shooter incident Wednesday on
The police chief said multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the Centennial Bridge around 11 a.m. Wednesday for reports of shots fired. Kitchens said the suspect, who has been identified as a 37-year-old Platte County man, had exited his vehicle and allegedly began firing at other vehicles.“The person was simply randomly firing at vehicles as they passed by,” he said.
Kitchens said the suspect is alleged to have brought at least two firearms, a handgun and semiautomatic rifle, with him onto the bridge.
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