Missouri police shoot, seriously injure woman who told officers she was pregnant, witness says

A woman who was shot and injured by police in Kansas City, Missouri, during a reported carjacking had told responding officers she was pregnant, an eyewitness said.

An unidentified man in the car ran away and a woman, Leonna M. Hale, “exited the vehicle and fled into the parking lot,” the Highway PatrolTwo other officers ran after the man. He was arrested and taken to the hospital later in unknown condition for an unrelated medical issue, Highway Patrol Sgt. Andy Bell said Tuesday.

Bell said the incident was captured on police body camera videos. Two officers were placed on paid administrative leave, a standard procedure, a Kansas City police spokesperson said. Part of the aftermath of the shooting was captured on cellphone video and posted on social media by a witness, Shé Danja.that she was with her three children to get gasoline and ice cream when she heard officers yelling for someone to “get out the car.”

Shé Danja said that police told the woman to get on the ground but that she said she could not because she was pregnant.

Have the police always shot so many people in this country? It sure seems like they’re shooting everyone who is unarmed these days (but not people with assault rifles slaughtering our children, though)…

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