Safety Warning

Just when you thought it couldn't get much lower, Kansas City shows us a new basement:

• Kansas City Police Officers had just shot an armed suspect on Sunday morning when a crowd began to gather around them. Gunshots started getting fired at the officers, who were forced to take cover with the man that the officers had just shot.
  
  The incident happened early Sunday morning in a parking lot at 72nd Street and Wabash Avenue. Officers were on patrol when they heard gunshots and observed a large crowd in the parking lot. Officers approached and confronted a man who was armed with a handgun. There aren’t many details about the confrontation, but one of the police officers shot the suspect.
  
  The police officers were administering first aid to the suspect when they got surrounded by the large crowd. One of the men approached the officers aggressively and refused to back up, interrupting officers who were trying to provide first aid. The man was tased as he was coming at officers, and then taken into custody.
  
  Numerous shots then started to get fired at officers, forcing them to take cover along with the shot suspect and the other suspect in custody. None of the officers were shot.
  
  A gunshot victim later arrived at the hospital, who is believed to be the likely victim of the man that the police officers has shot.

So not only was the subject armed (and his gun recovered), he had just shot someone else. And the cops had to Taser someone else, then take cover when the unruly crowd started taking shots at them. Sounds like the other day on the south side where someone started shooting in an alley to distract cops from their scene.

Or like this maybe?

Someone shooting nearby to distract the coppers from the loaded rifle and pistol in the hopes of stealing them back? Hopefully, there's a Department-wide evaluation underway on how to protect and process crime scenes, seeing as how it's gotten that much more dangerous. Perhaps some of the new Lieutenants can bring their vast years of street skills to the table and assist the brass?

Watch your backs. And fronts.