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Kansas City man sentenced to 13 years for fatal Midtown shooting
JP Law

A 63-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison for fatally shooting another man he encountered when a traffic cone was thrown at his SUV in Kansas City’s Midtown. Andrew Harold Bostic, of Kansas City, was handed the sentence during a hearing Tuesday in Jackson County Court. He was convicted in October of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Patrick D. George, 42, in the early hours of Nov. 30, 2022. Police officers discovered George’s body near Armour and Broadway boulevards when a passerby reported seeing him on the sidewalk around 5 a.m. He appeared to have been shot in the neck, according to court documents.

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KCMO Mayor, Police Chief Agree KCPD’s High Settlement Payouts Are ‘Something We Need to Address’
Caitlin Knute

The KSHB 41 I-Team collected information from KCPD as well as other departments in similar-sized cities. Caitlin Knute breaks down what

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Kansas City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Aiding Escape from Cass County Jail
Bill Lukitsch

Steven Williams Sr., 64, of Kansas City, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in the Dec. 5 escapes of

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We’re Naming the Kansas City Police Officer Who Brutalized Mack Nelson. Here’s Why.
JP Law

Public safety officials are held to a higher standard than your ordinary citizen. And taxpayers are on the hook

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KCPD Officers Could Face Charges for Injuring Black Man, Falsifying Police Report
Glenn E. Rice, Katie Moore

A police officer appears to throw a man to the ground at the scene of an Aug. 8 police shooting at East 55th

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Kansas City Man Reportedly Thrown to Ground by KCPD Settles Lawsuit for $500,000
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

The Kansas City Police Department and Mack Nelson have reached an agreement to resolve litigation over

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Local Kansas City Police Board Denies Lawyer’s Allegations that KCPD Hid Public Records
Glenn E. Rice, Luke Nozicka

The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Monday said allegations made by a former police department

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Man Sues 5 KCPD Officers for Allegedly Throwing Him to Ground and Falsely Imprisoning Him
Bek Shackelford Nwanganga

Pictured in November 2022, Kansas City resident, Mack Nelson, runs his fingers over a scar he says he got

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Man Sues 5 KCPD Officers Months After Video Released of Him Being Thrown to Ground
Jenna Thompson

Months after video captured a man being thrown to the ground by Kansas City police, according to witnesses

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This Kansas City Protest Group Created a New Model for Police Accountability
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

On a cold December night, Steve Young marches through downtown Kansas City, and by the Jackson County

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