Police: Apartment targeted where boy, 4, fatally shot while sleeping

Kansas City police said they do not believe the shooting was random and that the apartment where the 4-year-old had been sleeping was targeted.

THAT THAT APARTMENT HAD BEENTARGETED.GUNFIRE WAS THE SOUND NEIGHBORSSAY THEY AWOKE TO HEAR ONBUSHMAN WROTE IN KANSAS CITY.THEY TOLD POLICE A FOUR-YEAR-OLDCHILD SLEEPING IN HIS BED WASSHOT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.I JUST WANT TO JUST GO FIND AFAMILY JUST HUG THEM BECAUSEIT’S IT’S IT’S NOT RIGHT POLICELATER IDENTIFIED THE BOY AS FOURYEAR OLD LEGEND MTEL A PHARAOHWHO DIED FROM HIS INJURIES BASEDON THEIR PRELIMINARYINVESTIGATION DETECTIVESSHOOTING WAS NOT RANDOM.DUMP AND THAT THE APARTMENT WASTARGETED WE CAN’T GET MAD ATNOBODY.UNTIL WE GET MAD AT OURSELVES.THAT’S THE ONLY WAY IT’S GOINGTO HAPPEN.WE GOT TO GET MAD AT OURSELVESAND SAY MAN.WHAT CAN I DO?WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE THIS WORKTHE CITY NOW SITS AT NINETY TWOHOMICIDES IN 2020 THE MOSTVIOLENT YEAR ON PUBLIC RECORDSSINCE AT LEAST 2016.THE MAYOR SAYS GOVERNMENT ISDOING ALL IT CAN TO HELP HE’SNOW CALLING RESIDENTS TO ACTION.SOMEBODY ALSO HAS TO TELL PEOPLEULTIMATELY DON’T RESOLVESITUATIONS WITH A GUN BUT IASKED MENTOR THAT YOUNG PERSONWHO MAY NOT BE ACTING RIGHTRIGHT NOW TALK TO SOMEBODY WHONEEDS SOME GUIDA