Burks photo Jackson County
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A Kansas City tow truck driver has been arrested, accused of chasing down and shooting a man whose vehicle he had been trying to tow, police said.
A report had previously described the Tuesday night incident as a rolling gun battle between two tow truck drivers.
Police determined the shooting occurred after the victim spotted two tow trucks preparing to tow his vehicle in Raytown, then jumped into his vehicle and drove off.
Police said Prentiss Burks, 42, followed in his tow truck, opening fire on the fleeing vehicle. The chase ended near the Glen Lake neighborhood in Kansas City after Burks shot the fleeing vehicle's driver twice in the legs.
Investigators later found a handgun in Burks' possession that matched the shell casings found along the road where shots were fired, police said.
Burks has been charged with second-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a weapons count and is being held on $50,000 bond. Prosecutors are seeking to have his bond increased to $100,000.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two tow truck drivers carried out a rolling gun battle in a western Kansas City neighborhood, seriously wounding one of them, police said.
The shooting happened Tuesday night near the Glen Lake neighborhood. Police said the altercation began in Raytown, when one tow truck driver tried to run over the other, and continued into Kansas City.
At some point, one driver opened fire on the other as they drove north on Norfleet Road, police said. The chase and shooting continued as the tow trucks traveled west and ended a short time later.
Police said one of the drivers was shot twice and was taken by an ambulance to a hospital in serious condition. He is expected to survive, police said.
No names were released, and no arrests had been reported by Thursday.