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Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Hours-long standoff at Truman Sports Complex ends peacefully

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Hours-long standoff at Truman Sports Complex ends peacefully
Hours-long standoff at Truman Sports Complex ends peacefully

Truman Sports Complex was shut down for several hours on Saturday because of a standoff.

WITH A LIFE ON THELINE.....BUT FIRST, AN HOURS-LONG STANDOFF OUTSIDEARROWHEAD STADIUMENDS PEACEFULLY, AFTEREMPLOYEES ATARROWHEAD HAD SHOTSFIRED AT THEM.NO ONE WAS HURT, BUTPOLICE CALLED THEORDEAL DANGEROUS, ANDIT DELAYED THE START OFTHE ROYALS GAME.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER MCKENZIENELSON BRINGS US THEDETAILS FROM THETRUMAN SPORTSCOMPLEX.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGSINCE THE STANDOFFENDED - INVESTIGATORSHAVE BEEN OUT HERE ATTHE TRUMAN SPORTSCOMPLEX COLLECTINGEVIDENCE.

RIGHT NOW, WEKNOW THIS IS THE CARTHE MAN DROVE TO THESTADIUMS AND HE FIREDSHOTS FROM THE AREABEHIND ME IN FRONT OFGATE D.RON SWANN - Kansas CityROYALS CAMERAMANSWe were glad that wewere warned about it so wecould stay away.AS A CAMERAMANWORKING THE ROYALSGAME SATURDAY, RONSWANN WAS SCHEDULEDTO BE AT WORK AT 1O"CLOCK " ONLY TOFIND OUT A STANDOFF WASHAPPENING IN THEPARKING LOT OF THECOMPLEX.SWANNSWe were never in anydanger, they called us aheadof time and we had textmessages.POLICE WERE CALLED TOTHE SCENE AROUND 10:30SATURDAY MORNING ONREPORTS OF A MAN WITH AGUN OUTSIDEARROWHEAD STADIUM.POLICE SAY HE HAD 2HANDGUNS AND A KNIFEAND FIRED SHOTS ATARROWHEAD EMPLOYEES" BUT NOBODY WAS HIT.CAPTAIN DAVID JACKSON - KCPDSSince that time, thingshave been contained andwe"ve had a standoffsituation going since thattime.AFTER TRYING TONEGOTIATE WITH THE MANFOR MORE THAN 7 HOURS" POLICE WERE ABLE TOTAKE HIM INTO CUSTODYAROUND 6 P-M.JACKSONSWe did use less lethalmunitions, we have a varietyof less lethal munitions.THE STANDOFF "DELAYED THE ROYALSGAME 30 MINUTES AS THESTADIUMS WERE LOCKEDDOWN.AT THIS TIME - POLICE SAYTHEY DO NOT KNOW WHYTHE MAN CAME TO THESTADIUMS OR FIREDSHOTS AT EMPLOYEES.JACKSONSI will tell you that he hadno relationship withArrowhead, he had norelationship of ever being anemployee and he said he hadnever attended a Royals or aChiefs game.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGAT THIS TIME - POLICEHAVE NOT RELEASED THENAME OF THE MANINVOLVED.REPORTING FROM THETRUMAN SPO

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