Wednesday, August 1, 2018

From the Belton Police Department

On July 31st at approximately 9:30pm, Belton officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Stacey Dr on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a car and an occupied residence had been shot multiple times. The occupants of the residence were not injured. Officers were able to learn that a white sedan was seen leaving the area shortly after the shooting.

The same evening at approximately 11:30 pm, Belton officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Carnegie on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers discovered that another occupied residence had been shot multiple times. The occupants of that residence were also not injured. Again, a white sedan was seen leaving the area shortly after the shooting.

On August 1st at approximately 1240 am, a Belton police officer observed a white Lexus bearing a temporary license plate in the area of 58 hwy and Y hwy. The officer attempted to conduct an investigative stop on the vehicle but it fled. The vehicle fled north on I-49 into Grandview where officers lost sight of the vehicle and terminated the pursuit.

These incidents are still under investigation by the department.



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