Status Nightclub closed by city officials after deadly shooting inside the club

Signs posted today on the front and side doors of the Status Nightclub in Kansas City, Missouri, state that the club is closed because it “has been deemed unsafe by the building official.”

KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas posted on X Thursday evening that “Kansas City is committed to enforcement of our City Code to ensure the health and safety of our community.”

Two women, Eboni Silas, 29, and Tishauna Ballard, 24, were shot and killed early Sunday morning inside the club in the 2800 block of Southwest Boulevard.

The two women were on the dance floor when Dontae Brooks, 27, allegedly began shooting after another person pointed out a man on the dance floor, according to a court document…

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