Kansas City police records showed the lounge owner called twice at 1:04 a.m. to report an emergency. But police did not arrive until shooting broke out over twenty minutes later.
The owner of the Klymax Lounge in Kansas City has said he called police twice to ask for help before a gunman opened fire, killing three and injuring two others in May.
Kansas City Mayor Quentin Lewis has blamed a lack of local gun laws on the city’s crime spike, including a recent shooting at a nightclub that left three people dead and two others critically in.