Department uses video to try to solve murder. Masked shooter looks as if hes track his victim to the 19 hun block of roberts avenue he turns a corner and starts blasting away. We were releasing the video today. Hopefully someone recognizes either the suspect or the vehicle that we put out there and will contact homicide to give us some direction. Reporter two men scatter, one falls while the other raises off. Killed on march 19th at 7 35 at night. 28yearold Jonathan Ashley of the 1700 block of North Marshall where nobody seemed to remember him wednesday. The video shows the gunman approaching ashley and assassinating him. The doers seems to stay on one other person he several more rounds at that person and that person does die. Captain was not certain why the video being released now from the march killing. He says the images may be the best way to track this silver mini van or the africanamerican male. In his late teens to early 20s, 5foot four to 5foot six wearing dark clothing belie
Joins us live from lawrence with new information. Reporter thats right. It is a parents worst nightmare. A child snatched off the sidewalk, dragged away, sexually assaulted repeatedly. The good news is that child is recovering and safe tonight. More good news, the man is behind bars tonight. Police say a 13yearold was taken on the way to school this morning, trying toak Lawrence East middle school shortly after 7 00. The child was repeatedly assaulted for about two hours before finally being released. The victim then made it to school, contacted their mother, who in turn contacted police. The victim luckily was able to give a very detailed description of the assailant. Police later arrested probation with an ankle bracelet. He was arrested a short time later. I think to be safe, and with an abundance of cotton caution, i will ask Police Departments to review the list of ankle bracelets and review what level of threats there are. Reporter police this incident, mateo was not a sex offend
Touch any of his organs. The reporter doctors not sure in theyll be get it out or if he needs surgery. Juans mother lays in juans bed and shows us what happened. Three shots fired before 8 30 p. M. Near a playground next to their apartment building. Witnesses say two people were in a car, one got out started shooting, the other shooting from inside the car. The bullet hole in the wall is the one that hit juan. The window, through an interpreter, the mother says her son is shaken. Hes in severe pain, being medicated with two types of medication. Hes a little bit numb, she says, and hes not able to move his arm. The reporter juan and his nephew play at the playground, just feet from their home. His mother says, she cant handled the violence anymore. She is extremely fearful for her and her family. She does not want to return to her apartment. She feels that it is extremely happened in this community. The reporter and again, no areplica handguns have been made but an arrest warrant has be
T. Through an interpreter, his mother says she wont spend another night inside her apartment, where shes lives with her family for almost seven years. The shooting happened around 8 30 p. M. Last night. Two people were in a car, one got out, started shooting. The other, shooting from inside the car. This is the second time the delgados apartment has been shot at in the past year. Last december, a bullet also struck their building. Nobody was hit then, but a close the fact there are families around, theyre more into the violence an gang thing, that you know, they dont really think about their surroundings, they dont really think about the people that they are if he canning they are affecting other than themselves. The reporter the Apartment Building is next to a busy park, often filled with children playing, including her kids and grandkids. I feel fearful for me and my son and she gets upset and doesnt understand why is it they need to do this activity in the reporter again, an an arre
Lights on thursday night at the secondfloor apartment of 76 phillips street in lawrence. This is where police say 21yearold angel mateo took his 13yearold victim thursday morning sexually assaulting the teenager for two hours. The victim reports being dragged into a secondfloor apartment. That student had been walking to South Lawrence East Middle School and almost made it. The house on phillips only about a fiveminute walk from the scho i am scared. After mateo let the victim go, the teen walked to school and called their mom, who then called authorities. Police say the teen is extremely brave, providing enough details to lead them straight to mateo. He was already on pretrial probation with an ankle bracelet, but was not a prior sex offender. I think to be safe, im going bracelets, and review to see what level of threat our department thinks they are. Reporter he is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. Meantime, police say they are increasing patrols in this area. Around the school. T