Two displaced by early morning fire

Posted: January 22, 2014 - 12:29am
Updated: January 22, 2014 - 4:20am

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Two people were displaced from their Shawnee home early Wednesday morning.

Firefighters were called to the home in the 6200 block of Barker Road around 12:15 a.m.. The address is just north of Shawnee Mission Parkway.

Shawnee firefighters arrived to report smoke and fire visible from the front of the approximately 900 square foot home.

Crews were able to bring the fire under control in just about 15 minutes.


The residents of the home safely evacuated prior to the fire department's arrival.

Shawnee Fire investigators are investigating what sparked the fire.

No injuries were reported. A damage estimate was not immediately available.

Shawnee Fire crews were assisted by one crew and a Battalion Chief from the Lenexa Fire Department.

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JoCo bank robbed by armed man

Posted: December 16, 2013 - 9:37pm
Updated: December 16, 2013 - 11:51pm

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Shawnee Police and the FBI are investigating after a man held up the Intrust Bank, located at 19501 W. 65th Terrace in Shawnee. The bank is on the northwest corner of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Barker Road, about a mile and a half west of Interstate 435.

Police say at approximately 1:35 p.m. Monday a man armed with a sawed-off shotgun, wearing camouflage and a brown jacket, robbed the bank of an undetermined amount of cash. The man ran northbound from the bank into a wooded area.


Officers from Shawnee and Lenexa set up a perimeter in the area and searched through the woods with a K-9. Kansas City, Missouri Police brought in their helicopter to assist in searching from above.

Shawnee Police Department spokesperson, Major Bill Hisle says, "at approximately 3:00 p.m. a person of interest was located in a wooded area north of the bank and taken into custody."

County booking records show a, 21-year-old, Lee's Summit, Missouri man was arrested and is lodged at the Johnson County Central Booking Center in Olathe. The man is yet to be charged and his name has not officially been released. He is being held without bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

No injuries were reported during the robbery or the search that followed.

The case remains under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Shawnee Police.

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Two women found shot to death in JoCo park

Posted: March 6, 2013 - 11:17pm
Updated: March 7, 2013 - 6:20pm

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The Johnson County Sheriff's Office now believes the incident to be a double suicide involving twin sisters. The motive of the apparent suicide pact remains under investigation. Deputies have not released the identities of the women.

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The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is investigating after two women were found shot to death along the Gary L. Haller Trail near the Barker Road access point located at 5946 Barker Road in Shawnee.

The trail access point is located about two-tenths of a mile south of Johnson Drive on Barker Road, or just over three-quarters of a mile north of Shawnee Mission Parkway.


Johnson County Sheriff's Office Master Deputy Rick Howell says a visitor alerted Johnson County Park Police of the scene around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Park Police responded and located two women in their 50's with gunshot wounds to their heads. The bodies were approximately 150 yards into the park along the trail.

Authorities also say a vehicle belonging to one of the women was located in the parking lot of the trail access point and they are not looking for any suspects in the case.

The women are said to have known each other but, their identities and relationship to each other has not been released.

Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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