Residents continue cries for help after double homicide in Citadel neighborhood

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City Police are still looking for the suspect in a shooting that killed two people in the Citadel neighborhood.

The shooting happened at the Charter Landing Apartments off Blue Hills Road near Research Medical Center.

Police said a man and a woman were killed in the shooting. Their identities have not yet been confirmed.

KCTV5 spoke with neighbors who said the apartment complex has been the hub for trouble for decades and that there’s been a lot of neglect in this area and now everyone is paying the price.

“Bullets do not have eyes,” said Deborah Hall.

Her couch and pillow are now permanently marked with a bullet hole.

“The bullet hole is still in my sofa, that came through my wall in my living room, in my bedroom. I was blessed to not have been home that night,” said Hall.

Hall’s home was one of six on Highland Avenue that got hit by stray bullets in September. She said it started from the parking lot across the way at Charter Landing Apartments.

“That was a very nice complex across the street and now it’s been treated like we don’t care about the people that live there,” she said.

Residents said their concerns about gun violence in the Citadel neighborhood have fallen on deaf ears, from City Hall to KD, for years now. Hall has sat in on some of the meetings and asks why someone needs to be murdered for something to be done.

“I’m just crying because our young people are,” Hall said between tears, “they’re shooting each other.”

Hall said her heart goes out to the family who lost a loved one on Monday night and is begging for people to think before they pull the trigger.

“You’re not thinking about other people when you do these things. Think about your home, think about who’s coming in there and if you’re mad about something get some help, get some help,” said Hall.

KCTV5 reached out to KD. According to the department, there have been 49 calls of service to the apartment complex just this past year. They also said they had a community walk-through last month to gather info and spark change.

“I believe that the city of Kansas City needs to do something, and they need to do something right now,” Hall said sternly.

KCTV5 also went to the Leasing Office to speak with the property manager but he said he was too busy to talk.

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