Shawnee convenience store robbed

Posted: October 5, 2014 - 7:08am
Updated: October 7, 2014 - 1:37am

First suspect with the weapon
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Shawnee police are looking for two men who robbed the Fuel Expresso convenience store and gas station near 83rd Street and Kansas Highway 7 early Sunday.

Police were called to the store, located at 23000 West 83rd Street, at 5:55 a.m. Sunday. The clerk told dispatchers that two black males, one armed with a handgun, had robbed the store. Shawnee police said Monday that the men entered the business wearing masks, then displayed a handgun and demanded money. The suspects stole cash from the registers and cigarettes from the business before fleeing the scene in a silver Dodge Stratus.

The vehicle was later found abandoned just off of 83rd Street and Woodsonia Drive in Lenexa. Shawnee police said that the vehicle had been stolen in Kansas City, Mo., earlier that night.

Officers from Shawnee and Lenexa, along with Troopers from the Kansas Highway Patrol set up a large perimeter as they searched with a K-9 and Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter. The search was called off around 7:50 a.m., with no suspects located.

Officers temporarily blocked off all access to the Westside Family Church, 8500 Woodsonia Drive, as this is the area where the suspect vehicle was found. That access was reopened when the search was called off.

One suspect is described as a black male, 5’6” - 5’8” tall, and 140-160 lbs. He was wearing dark colored jeans and a black sweatshirt with “Nike” across the chest, according to police. The suspect was also described as wearing white gloves and white tennis shoes.

First suspect
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The second suspect is described as a black male, 5’6” - 5’8” tall, and 140-160 lbs. He was wearing a black and turquoise sweatshirt turned inside out. The suspect was also described as wearing blue gloves with white fingertips and black and white shoes.

Second suspect
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Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call the Shawnee Police Department at 913-631-2150 or the Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

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Charges filed against teen involved in deadly Overland Park crash

Posted: August 8, 2014 - 12:10am
Updated: September 16, 2014 - 1:52pm

Update:

The Johnson County District Attorney's office has charged 17-year-old Conner Estrella of Overland Park with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated battery. The charges stem from an August 7th crash in Overland Park. Prosecutors have also filed a motion for Estrella to be tried as an adult.

Kevin Moroney, 52, was standing near a parked vehicle along the street with his girlfriend Maureen Hoag. The crash killed Moroney and critically injured Hoag.

Original report:

Overland Park Police are investigating after one person was killed and another was injured in a vehicle versus pedestrian accident.

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Police and fire crews were called to an address in the 8400 block of Tomahawk Road at 11:57 Thursday night.

First units arrived on the scene just after midnight to report one vehicle with major damage.

Johnson County Med-Act reported one person deceased and another with critical injuries.

Overland Park Police have called out their Traffic Safety Unit for accident investigation.

Sergeant Scott Ferguson says a black car, being driven by a 17-year-old male, was traveling southbound on Tomahawk Road. Both pedestrians were standing on the west side of the street, near a parked white car, when they were struck.

The southbound vehicle struck both pedestrians and the parked car.

Police confirm a male pedestrian was killed and a female pedestrian was seriously injured.

The driver of the black car remained at the scene with minor injuries. Police are investigating if he was impaired by drugs or alcohol.

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Man killed in accident at Shawnee FedEx facility identified

Posted: May 7, 2014 - 10:48am
Updated: May 9, 2014 - 3:09am

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Shawnee Police are investigating after a 21-year-old died from injuries sustained at a FedEx Ground sorting facility Tuesday morning.

Police have identified the man as Nicholas Huston.

Johnson County Med-Act was called to the facility, located at 8000 Cole Parkway in southwest Shawnee, just before 8 a.m. on reports of a person injured after a fall. Before emergency crews could arrive, personnel at the facility reported that the injured man had stopped breathing. Security and other FedEx personnel conducted CPR until Shawnee firefighters arrived.

Captain Jodi Andrews of the Shawnee Police Department says, "upon arrival, officers found a male subject lying on the pavement."

Huston was resuscitated at the scene and said to be in critical condition with a head injury. Johnson County Med-Act, with the assistance of Shawnee Fire, rushed the Huston to an area trauma center where he later passed away as a result of his injuries.

Witnesses told police that the Huston had fallen out of a golf cart.

Major Bill Hisle says there were four men riding in a golf cart, when one fell out for some reason. Officers are still investigating exactly what happened.

Tuesday's accident is the third fatal incident at this same FedEx Ground sorting facility since March 2013. Links to previous Operation 100 News reports can be found below.

Related reports:

March 23, 2013 - Tractor trailer kills FedEx security guard in Shawnee

Nov. 20, 2013 - FedEx employee killed after being pinned between loading dock and trailer

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FedEx employee killed after being pinned between loading dock and tractor trailer has been identified

Posted: November 20, 2013 - 7:28am
Updated: November 20, 2013 - 12:15am

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Shawnee Police are investigating after a FedEx employee was pinned between the back of a tractor trailer and the loading dock this morning.

The incident was reported just before 7 a.m. at the FedEx sorting facility located at 8000 Cole Parkway in western Shawnee. The facility is just west of Kansas Highway 7.

Firefighters arrived to find the worker still pinned between the trailer and the loading dock.

The worker was reportedly pinned for approximately 7-10 minutes between the time of the accident and the time firefighters were able to free him.

Johnson County Med-Act, along with firefighters from Shawnee and Lenexa, found the man to be in cardiac arrest and performed life saving measures (CPR & defibrillation) several times, during emergency transport to an area trauma center.

Shawnee Police Department Major Bill Hisle has identified the victim as Dwight L. Spencer, 62, of Gardner, Kansas.

The Shawnee Police Department's Traffic Safety unit continues to investigate the accident.

A Security Guard at this same facility was killed in March of 2013 when he was run over by a tractor trailer near the front gate. Operation 100 News' previous report.

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Tractor trailer kills FedEx security guard in Shawnee

Posted: March 23, 2013 - 4:14am
Updated: March 25, 2013 - 4:31pm

Update:

Shawnee Police have identified the victim as, 31-year-old, Adam A. Hughes of Kansas City, Missouri.

Original report:

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Shawnee Police are investigating after semi-trailer killed a security guard at the FedEx facility located at 8000 Cole Parkway this morning.

Emergency crews were called to the address at 3:45 a.m.. Witnesses told police that the man fell in front of the wheels of one of the tandem trailers. The man was not hit by the truck, according to police.

Shawnee firefighters and Johnson County Med-Act paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Police have not released any information regarding the victim's name or age, pending the notification of next of kin.

The facility is located near 83rd Street and Kansas Highway 7 in southwest Shawnee.

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The Shawnee Police Department's traffic safety unit continues to investigate.

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