Oct 02, 2024

Police capture Kansas City shooting, kidnapping suspect

Posted Oct 02, 2024 9:30 AM
Holmes photo Lee's Summit Police
Holmes photo Lee's Summit Police

KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after a shooting and high-speed chase.

Just after 5:30p.m. September 28,  police were dispatched to report of a shooting in 2200 block of NE Town Centre Boulevard in Lee's Summit, according to a media release.

Police located an unlocked back door,  made entry into the residence and located a single victim inside the home who was suffering from several gunshot wounds.

EMS transported the victim, a 43-year-old man to a local hospital where he remains in the ICU with critical injuries. Officers worked with the Kansas City Missouri Police Department to identify a 33-year-old female victim who had been kidnapped from the shooting scene along with a juvenile.

The female and a juvenile were located safely in Kansas City.

Just after 11p.m. Sunday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol located the suspect vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. The suspect vehicle failed to yield and Missouri State Highway Patrol pursued the suspect vehicle.

The pursuit ended when the suspect driver lost control of the vehicle. Officers arrested the suspect, 33-year-old Kody Michael Holmes and located a juvenile passenger unharmed.  Holmes is being held on requested charges of 1st Degree Assault, Kidnapping and Armed Criminal Action with a bond of $500,000 cash only.

The Johnson County Missouri Sheriff’s Office, Warrensburg Police Department and Cass County Sheriff’s Office all assisted with the pursuit.