Three dead in shooting at OP, KS Jewish Community Center, retirement home

[REP]

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Three people are dead following multiple shootings reported at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park and Village Shalom.

Overland Park Police confirm multiple shots were fired at the center, which is located at 5801 W 115th St. and Village Shalom, a retirement home located at 5500 W. 123rd. Both areas are currently on lockdown.

Police took one man into custody at the Valley Park Elementary at 123rd and Nall. The man was heard yelling "heil Hitler" as he was taken into custody.

Local coverage

[countryjake]

1. There's a picture of the shooter on that news page...

in custody being driven away.

A 14 year old boy is in critical condition at the hospital.

[maddezmom]

2. This is so sad

[maddezmom]

3. Press conference 5pm on air and at the link in the OP

[darkangel218]

4. CNN just reported that the shooter was a male in his 70s

Who was going around asking if people were Jewish and he was was heard to say Hail Hitler

[maryellen99]

6. damn nt

[REP]

8. KCTV5 video (local) suspect arrested is not in his 70s

http://www.kctv5.com/story/25235053/shooting-reported-at-overland-park-jewish-community-center

[darkangel218]

10. He definetly doesnt look 70 in that pic

It won't be the first time CNN messes up.

[maddezmom]

15. At the news conference the spokesperson said he is in his 70's

Sure doesn't look like it to me.

[MohRokTah]

7. Please keep the famillies of the dead in your thoughts as Evra Pesach begins tomorrow

Passover starts tomorrow.

I needed to edit this to add why this is so significant. Because Evra Pesach is tomorrow, the families will be unable to sit shiva until after the holiday is over, sundown on Tuesday April 22.

[darkangel218]

11. +1

[maddezmom]

12. Keeping the whole community in my thoughts

[etherealtruth]

16. Of course ... they were in my heart and on my mind

... the moment I heard of this horror

[SQUEE]

17. Hamakom yenachem etchem b-toch che ar avelai Tziyon Vi yerushalayim

[Warren DeMontague]

19. I really hope it wasn't any kids.

Horrible, just horrible.

[REP]

23. Unfortunately, it seems one is

Local reporting (which CNN has picked up, according to local sources) is the 15 year old died.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. UGH.

I mean, any deaths are horrible, but just... Ugh.

[maddezmom]

9. Weird language in this NBC article

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kansas-jewish-centers-shots-fired

Three people were killed in two shootings at Kansas Jewish centers police said Sunday — the day before the Passover begins.

The three victims were shot in the Kansas City, Kan., suburb of Overland Park, at a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home, police said.

A person of interest was in custody but police would not say which shooting he was related to.

A KSHB photographer on the scene spoke with a man who said a gunman aimed at him and shot the windows out of his car. That person was not injured, the station said.

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Hope the news conference will confirm there is only one shooter.

[JI7]

13. i think something like this is why BLM is being careful with Bundy

especially with a black president right now. they think it will set off a bunch of these types .

[maddezmom]

14. CNN carrying the conference live if anyone is interested

No indication suspect knew the victims, not from the area, shotgun, handgun and possible another gun??? Have not decided if it is a hate crime yet, too early....

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Rec for visibility.

[REP]

26. JoCo is full of casual anti-Semites, though the shooter initially seems to not be a Kansan

They're reporting he was driving a car with Missouri plates (double dammit), but not saying if he's even from the KC Metro area (OP KS is in Johnson County KS, across the state line from KCMO and is considered part of the Metro area).

[PCIntern]

20. Horrifying...

R for visibility...

Bastard...

[gollygee]

21. :(

Much love to the victims' families.

[Gothmog]

22. This story sickens me

[Logical]

25. I am a member there and work out there twice a week. Scary! nt

[REP]

27. Also sickening

As I said above, JoCo is no stranger to casual antiSemitism, but everything about this - the violence and age of the killer - is so unusual for the area. Not the violence so much; the hate-crime aspect.

[Logical]

28. So sad, what some people are capable of! nt