Doorbell camera captures the sound of shots fired in Northland following an FBI search warrant

On November 26, 2024By Pranco

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – An attempt to serve a federal search warrant turned deadly Monday morning.

An unassuming home at 3824 NW 73rd Street was surrounded by crime tape well into the night. Investigators in white protective overalls gathered outside and inside the house. FBI public affairs specialist Bridget Patton said the agency’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force was at the home to execute a federal search warrant.

“Law enforcement announced and rang the doorbell with no response,” an FBI statement said. “Law enforcement officers subsequently entered the residence and encountered an armed individual, who was injured and pronounced dead at the scene.”

The statement referred to what happened as an “officer-involved shooting.”

When law enforcement officers use this phrase, it generally means that a member of law enforcement has fired a shot or shots.

Patton would not comment on who fired or whether the deceased person was struck by law enforcement gunfire.

A neighbor five houses away heard the gunfire and shared his Ring doorbell video with KCTV5. The video shows an empty street as the neighbor’s house is not near where the shooting took place. Three gunshots are heard in the audio, followed less than a second later by at least eleven gunshots.

About 30 minutes later, the neighbor estimated, the block was filled with as many as 20 black SUVs with blacked-out windows.

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The 3900 block of NW 73rd Street was filled with as many as two dozen black SUVs with blacked out windows... — The 3900 block of NW 73rd Street was filled with as many as two dozen black SUVs with blacked-out windows Monday morning.(Courtesy of a viewer)

Neighbors knew little about who lived in the house. According to one of them, a man moved into the house about two years ago. Occasionally she saw two children in the house. She didn’t know much about the man because he didn’t socialize with the rest of the neighbors, who generally know each other by name. Most neighbors said they had rarely or never seen the man.

They describe the neighborhood as quiet, many families, young people and retirees live there.

“It’s really a shock,” said Olan James, who lives about a block away. “I have lived here for almost 30 years and I have never seen an incident like this happen in this area.”

It was shocking for them to hear about a shooting, but to hear why the FBI was in the house in the first place was beyond shocking.

“I would be totally shocked and surprised and appalled that something like this would happen so close to home. Really disturbing and frightening,” said local resident Holly Lakin.

The FBI has not yet released the identity of the deceased person. KCTV5 found a name in property records, but is not reporting it without certainty it is the same person.

The FBI’s Inspection Division is conducting an investigation into the shooting.