According to KCPD data from ShotSpotter, the amount of celebratory gunfire across the city is on the rise. A Kansas City couple has now dealt with two instances of this since moving into their new house on Lawndale Avenue a year ago.
Yunna and Jessie Powell say the first instance happened on New Year’s. They were sitting on their dining room table eating dinner when they heard multiple gunshots at midnight.
“I think I said, ‘Was that a bullet?’ cause it was right there near our dishwasher,” Yunna Powell said. “And so we just kept eating, and then we heard it again. I got on the floor, called 911, and that’s when the cops came.”
Officers could not find any evidence that night because it was too dark. But the following morning, Jessie Powell went outside to let the dog out and found several bullet holes on the back of their house.
Thankfully no one was hurt, but the property damage is costing them undue burden. They have decided to patch the holes up themselves to avoid raising their insurance rates.