A person of interest is in custody Tuesday after an Amazon delivery van struck and killed a 4-year-old in Kansas City’s Pendleton Heights neighborhood Monday evening.
Investigators “worked throughout the night and day” following the fatal crash, which occurred just before 6:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of East Third Terrace, Capt. Jake Becchina, a spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department, said in a news release Tuesday.
The driver had just delivered a package in the area before heading west on Third Terrace, where they struck 4-year-old Tadens Joseph, Becchina said. Tadens entered the street while playing in a grassy area of Maple Park…