Neighbors furious over Lee's Summit house party causing COVID-19 outbreak

Neighbors furious over Lee's Summit house party causing COVID-19 outbreak

435-THOUSAND CASES.BACK HERE AT HOME -- ANOUTBREAK COULD SOONCONTRIBUTE TO THEINCREASES OF CASENUMBERS WE'RE SEEINGHERE IN THE METRO.A LEE'S SUMMIT HOUSEPARTY IS THE SITE OF ANEW CLUSTER OF COVID-19 CASES.THE JACKSON COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENTSAYS THE JULY 10THPARTY WAS FULL OFTEENAGERS IN A LEE'SSUMMIT NEIGHBORHOODAND HAVE IDENTIFIED ATLEAST 5 CASES SO FAR.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER NICK STARLINGWENT TO THE AREAWHERE THE PARTYHAPPENED AND FOUNDOUT NEIGHBORS AREFURIOUS ABOUT WHATHAPPENED.NICK:NEIGHBORS TELL US THEPARTY ON THIS STREETWAS MASSIVE ANDUNRULY...AND VERYCONCERNED ABOUT HOWMANY PEOPLE MAY HAVECONTRACTED COVID-19...AS THERE WEREHUNDREDS OF KIDS ALLOVER THIS BLOCK.--Unidentified neighborThis has been a quiet andpeaceful neighborhood aslong as I've lived here and it'sjust a shame, just a shamethat this has happened.IT'S A PARTY THATUPENDED THIS TRANQUILNEIGHBORHOOD.Adriana Matthews, neighborThey were young kids and Ididn't know whether theparents were there or not butno one was using protectionon their faces and everybodywas just together, they wererough hosing, it was not good.THE July 10th GATHERINGRESULTED IN AT LEAST 5POSITIVE COVID-19CASES...ACCORDING TOTHE JACKSON COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENT-THEY SAY MORE THAN AHUNDRED PEOPLEAttended-MOST BETWEENTHE AGES OF 14-TO-16YEARS OLD-AND BELIEVETO BE FROM SIXDIFFERENT HIGHSCHOOLSTRUMAN..BLUESPRINGSBLUE SPRINGSSOUTHGRAINVALLEYLEE'S SUMMITNORTH AND LEE'S SUMMITWEST HIGH SCHOOLS.WE KNOCKED ON THEDOOR NEIGHBORSIDENTIFIED AS THE HOUSEWHERE THE PARTYHAPPENED-BUT THEYDIDN'T ANSWER-HOWEVERTHOSE WHO LIVE NEARBYTHE HOUSE-ARE UPSETTHE PARTY HAPPENED INTHE MIDDLE OF APANDEMIC.Unidentified neighbor:With COVID going on, hedidn't care.

There were nomasks.

There were hundreds,I kid you not, hundreds of kidsrunning all over.The first sign that it was goingto be bad guys were just goingto the bathroom in broaddaylight right at the lake andgirls were passing out.OTHERS IN THENEIGHBORHOOD SAY THEPARTY WASIRRESPONSIBLE.Darlene Stout-lives inneighborhoodI'm furious, I'm really mad andupset, I mean it's changed mylife more.

I don't feel like Icanleave.DARLENE STOUT ISWORRIED THOSE WHOATTENDED THE PARTY-WILL SPREAD THE VIRUS.Darlene Stout-lives inneighborhoodWe hire kids every once in awhile to do stuff around thehouse and I wont do that nowits changed life and everyonearound here's lives.around here"s lives.REPORTING IN LEE"SSUMMIT.Darlene Stout-lives inneighborhoodWhoever had the party, Idon"t know what theywere thinking.

That they"rekids could have that kind ofthing.

It ruined life for a lotofus.NICK STARLING41 ACTION NEWS.THE JACKSON CO HEALTHDEPARTMENT IS HOLDING ASPECIAL TESTING CLINICON MONDAY FROM NOONUNTIL 3P-M FOR ANYONEWHO ATTENDED THISEVENT.WE'LL PROVIDE TH