Shooting reported on North Thorpe
A suspect shot at a home at 1:58 p.m. April 3 I the 200 block of North Thorpe, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
Officers were sent to an address on a shots fired call. The suspect shot at the house while the victims were inside, according to the report. There were no injuries reported.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister have announced a state-federal partnership to investigate and prosecute scammers attempting to prey on Kansans during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The two offices agree coordinating information and manpower will allow the agencies to more quickly verify allegations and prosecute those who are profiteering off the crisis.
“This partnership will allow our two agencies to bring the maximum state and federal resources to bear to stop scams, frauds and price gouging during this state of emergency,” Schmidt said. “I appreciate Steve’s strong leadership in the U.S. attorney’s office and look forward to working closely with his team to protect Kansans in the face of this crisis.”
The attorney general’s Consumer Protection Division will work directly with two prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office designated for handling COVID-19-related matters.
“Nationally, we have seen everything from people offering for sale respiratory masks they were not going to deliver to people seeking donations for non-existent COVID-19 charities,” McAllister said. “We are not going to stand by while that happens in Kansas.”
Anyone with information about COVID-19-related scams or price gouging should file a complaint with the attorney general’s office online on a form specifically designed for coronavirus issues, available along with other resources about the state’s response to the outbreak, at www.ag.ks.gov. Kansans may also call the attorney general’s consumer protection hotline at 800-432-2310 to request a paper complaint form be sent by mail.
Complaints can also be submitted to the U.S. attorney’s office by email at USAKS.Covid.Fraud@usdoj.gov or by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline at 866-720-5721.
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There will be a chance of frost tonight, as temperatures may drop to the low 30s, according to the National Weather Service.
It’s more likely that areas north of the Missouri River will drop to freezing, while Wyandotte County may stay a couple degrees above freezing, according to the forecast.
Any sensitive vegetation should be protected tonight, the weather service said.
The temperature was in the mid-40s at 4 p.m. Saturday. Sunday’s high will be around 62. Temperatures could rise to the 80s on Monday.
A few storms are possible on Monday, but severe weather is not expected.
Tonight, the low will be around 34, with areas of frost possible after 2 a.m., according to the weather service. There will be an east northeast wind of 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday, there may be areas of frost before 8 a.m., with the day’s high of 62 in the afternoon. Winds will become south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Sunday night, there is a 20 percent chance of showers after 1 a.m., with a low of 52, according to the weather service.
Monday, there is a slight, 20 percent, chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m., with a high near 72, the weather service said. A south southwest wind of 7 to 13 mph will gust as high as 28 mph.
Monday night, there is a low of 61 with a south southwest wind of 7 to 9 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 81, the weather service said.
