Update: Lee’s Summit Police Investigating Shooting/Kidnapping

Lee’s Summit, MO – On 9/28/2024 at approximately 1730 hours, officers were dispatched to an address in the 2200 block of NE Town Centre Blvd on the report of a shooting. When officers arrived on the scene, they located an unlocked back door and made entry into the residence. Officers located a single victim inside the home who was suffering from several gunshot wounds.

The victim, a 43-year-old male was transported 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, Mo. On 09/28/2024 at approximately 2300 hours; 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 with the assistance of Johnson County MO Sheriff’s Office, Warrensburg Police Department, and Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

The pursuit ended when the suspect vehicle lost control, the suspect, 33-year-old Kody Michael Holmes was arrested and a juvenile passenger was found unharmed. Detectives submitted the case to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office and Holmes was charged with 1st Degree Assault, Kidnapping (x2), and Armed Criminal Action (x3), with a bond of $500,000 cash only.