KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department is investigating after someone fired a shot into a Westport CBD shop early Monday morning.
Sacred Leaf owner Emmitt Monslow says Westport security called him about the glass broken at his store before 3 a.m.
“Only thing I’ve lost today is a little bit of money and some sleep. Other than that, I’m fired up,” Monslow said, noting his excitement after the Chiefs’ AFC Championship win hours prior.
“[The bullet] came through, and it shattered, and then it put bullet fragments here and here,” Monslow said.
The holes were visible in the wall to his office at the store. The fragments were stopped by brick underneath.
KCPD says it’s investigating a weapon disturbance. Officers recovered several spent shell casings in the Westport Merchant Circle parking lot on Pennsylvania Ave.
Monslow says his cameras caught the incident, but investigators told him not to share the video, saying it could compromise their investigation.
“From what we can tell there was a dispute, bars are closed and maybe over parking or somebody blocking parking, coming in the wrong way. There was a lot of shots apparently. On the camera it looks like there were a couple people that ducked behind cars,” Monslow said.
This isn’t the first time Monslow has been victimized.
In April 2021, a break-in…
