Two dead in Kansas City mass shooting
Two people were killed and 15 others wounded Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., when a gunman opened fire on a line of people outside a bar, police said.
The shooting began about 11:30 p.m., following a disturbance among the crowd of people waiting to get inside the 9ine Ultra Lounge, southeast of the city’s downtown, Kansas City police Chief Richard Smith said at a Monday news conference. The suspect killed one woman before an armed security guard confronted, shot and killed him, Chief Smith said.
Authorities described “a chaotic scene” as hundreds fled the venue by foot and in cars, the violence shattering the city’s celebration of its football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, who had just advanced to the Super Bowl — what was “an exciting night, a euphoric night,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said.
“Last night was a night many people in Kansas City have been dreaming of for 50 years,” Mr. Lucas said at the news conference. “This is very disappointing for us. It’s heartbreaking.”
Authorities said the woman killed was 25-yearold Raven Parks, and they identified the shooter as Jahron Swift, 29.
Shooting suspect nabbed
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a San Antonio bar on Sunday night that left two dead and five injured, according to police.
Kiernan Christopher Williams, 19, was arrested on Monday afternoon and faces capital murder charges.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said police received calls of shots fired at Ventura, in the city’s popular River Walk area around 8 p.m. Police said the shooting was “not a random” incident and believe Mr. Williams knew at least one of the victims.
Robert Jay Martinez III, 20, and 25-year-old Alejandro Robles were pronounced dead at the scene.
NYT endorses 2 Dems
The New York Times editorial board endorsed the two leading female candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination on Sunday, throwing its support behind Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
The board’s decision to back not one but two candidates is a significant break with convention, one that it says is meant to address the “realist” and “radical” models being presented to voters by the 2020 Democratic field. While arguing that President Donald Trump must be defeated, the board does not take a position on the best path forward for Democrats, writing that both approaches “warrant serious consideration.”
The two female senators have released some of the most detailed policy plans of the candidates remaining in the primary campaign, prompting the board to praise each one as the “standard-bearer” for her wing of the party.
Barr recusal sought
Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas demanded Monday that Attorney General William Barr recuse himself from his criminal case over allegations that Mr. Barr played a part in President Donald Trump’s hunt for Ukrainian dirt on Democrats.
Mr. Parnas, who broke with Team Trump and is angling to testify at the president’s Senate impeachment trial, had his lawyer, Joseph Bondy, send a letter to Mr. Barr outlining several purported conflicts of interests that should preclude the attorney general from having any sway over the exGiuliani pal’s case.
“Given the totality of the circumstances, we believe it is appropriate for you to recuse yourself from the ongoing investigation and pending prosecution of Mr. Parnas,” Mr. Bondy wrote.