{"id":740,"date":"2026-06-20T09:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newslive.com\/?p=740"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:20:10","slug":"an-uber-driver-for-world-cup-fans-was-injured-in-kansas-city-shootings-that-also-left-a-man-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newslive.com\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"An Uber driver for World Cup fans was injured in Kansas City shootings that also left a man dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">An Uber driver taking American fans of Argentina\u2019s soccer team to a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup\">World Cup<\/a> match was among four people injured in a series of shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, that also left one man dead, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A 22-year-old male suspect, described as armed and dangerous, remained at large Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The five shootings occurred Tuesday between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m, in a 5-mile stretch of Kansas City, three of them on Interstates 70 and 670 as they cut through downtown. All of the shootings were at least 4 miles away from Arrowhead Stadium, where <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-argentina-algeria-score-messi-8fdb91580a49aa61407a419f7b5207f2\">Argentina won<\/a> its first match against Algeria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Two Argentina fans told <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vNWu7odeQ50&amp;t=2325s\">Argentine outlet La Naci\u00f3n<\/a> that someone in a car came alongside and fired two shots at the Uber they were riding in, hitting the driver in the leg. They said they first thought the sound was a car tire popping until they saw the driver had been hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They had to go to the police station to provide statements about what happened. Officers then took them to the stadium in patrol cars, they said. The driver&#8217;s injuries were not life-threatening, police Capt. Jacob Becchina said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That shooting and two others on the interstates occurred while cars were traveling east, one of them from neighboring Kansas, police said. The others occurred further east on Truman Road, a major thoroughfare through the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said three adults and a minor, a teenager, were injured, and all were hospitalized, though only one adult had life-threatening injuries, Becchina said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">About 6:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a vehicle crashing into a pole along Truman Road, east of the other shootings. The driver was taken to a hospital, and workers there discovered what appeared to be a gunshot wound while treating him. He died of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cVictims all indicated they were driving down the highway or roadway when one or more shots were fired into their vehicles,\u201d Becchina said in an email. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Becchina said detectives believe the non-fatal shootings occurred \u201cin close succession,\u201d from west to east, connected by the one suspect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police later tracked the suspect to a home in the suburb of Independence, about 2 miles further east of where the fatal shooting victim was found, and a standoff ensued. But when police entered the home about 8 a.m. Wednesday, the suspect was not there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Officials across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas, also have a warrant out for the suspect over a June 11 incident involving an illegal discharge of a firearm, Nancy Chartrand, the spokesperson for its police department said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/uber-driver-world-cup-fans-injured-kansas-city-134008227\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Uber driver taking American fans of Argentina\u2019s soccer team to a World Cup match was among four people injured in a series of shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, that also left one man dead, police said. A 22-year-old male suspect, described as armed and dangerous, remained at large Thursday. 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