Young Woman and Her Child Found Dead in Olathe KS Residence

Olathe Police report finding a young woman and her infant daughter dead in their residence Friday night and they have the boyfriend in custody.

The incident occurred in the 1000 block of East Huntington Circle.

Police aren't telling the news media how the woman and infant died- or if the boyfriend is even a suspect.



Saturday afternoon- Olathe Police released the names and ages of the 2 victims.

Dead are 24-year-old Amber R. Searles and her 4-month-old daughter  Kyra O. Searles-Davis.


CSW officers our sincere condolences to family and friends of Ms. Searles.

CSW WEATHER: Tornado Watch No. 850 in Effect For KS- OK

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman OK has issued Tornado Watch Number 850 for a large part of south-central Kansas and north-central Oklahoma.

Tornado Watch No. 850 is valid until 11 p.m. CDT Saturday night.

Some major cities in this tornado watch are Wichita- Dodge City and Garden City in KS- Ponca City- Woodward and Gage in Oklahoma.

Activity is forecast to move eastward across the watch area- and likely south of Metro Kansas City.

I'll keep you informed....

CSW BREAKING: Shooting Victim in KC-MO Northland

There are few details yet available regarding a shooting victim reported around 5:45 a.m. in the lobby of a Northland KC-MO motel.

The victim was at the Super 8 Motel at 4321 N. Corrington- police say- and he had been shot in the groin.


KC-MO EMS-34 reported a "23-year-old male" victim in obvious pain as he was transported to a Northland medical trauma center.

CSW BREAKING: Shooting - Hostage Situation in KC-KS

KC-KS Police tactical officers are converging on a command post set up at 5th Street and Washington to deal with a hostage situation nearby.

At an apartment in the 1500 block of North 9th Street just after 5 a.m.- a "black male" reportedly shot a person in the basement- then held 5 people at gunpoint in an upstairs room.

Police want to talk to the gunman about a shooting turned homicide in the 3000 block of South 8th Street around 4:22 a.m..

At 5:10 a.m.- one hostage reportedly got away.

Police surrounded the house and called for fire & EMS crews.


As of 5:40 a.m.- EMS was treating the hostage that got away for "an anxiety attack."

That person told police and EMS crews that there were "3 adults and 2 children- a 9-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl" involved and "one person shot in the head."


As of 6:45 a.m.- police report that "4 adults" who were hostages had been "released-" but  there were "still" (the) 2 children inside" with the gunman.


At 7:40 a.m.- one of the hostages- reported to be the "male child-" was "released from the residence."

Nearly ten hours later- the suspect still has refused to exit the apartment on North 5th Street and police continue to surround the neighborhood.

Several other buildings close to the suspect's location were evacuated of residents hours earlier.

Around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon- the suspect finally surrendered to KC-KS police without incident.

CSW BREAKING: Shooting in Kansas City KS- Victim Critically-Injured

A Hispanic male in his mid-30's to mid-40's was transported to a hospital with a critical gunshot wound after the 4:01 a.m. report of "shots fired" located a victim at "6th Street and Northrup" minutes later.

There was no suspect info immediately available from police.

CSW BREAKING: 1-Vehicle Crash in South Overland Park KS Leaves Child Seriously Injured

It was a van whose driver tried to avoid a deer- went off the highway and rolled onto it's top in a ditch- and the call involved emergency services in 4 counties.

The first calls went out around 1:30 a.m. to Linn and Bourbon counties- the crash was "on northbound U.S. 69" but the male driver didn't know exactly where.

At 1:41 a.m.- emergency services in Miami county went searching U.S. 69 in their county until- at 2:21 a.m.- it was determined that the crash was actually in Johnson county- north of 179th Street.

Nearly an hour after the first reports of this crash- MEDACT-EMS reports "a 6-year-old female with facial lacerations" and other- possibly serious injuries.

She was taken to Children's Mercy Hospital in KC-MO by MEDACT after a medical helicopter was cancelled.

Her father- a "34-year-old male-" was taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center in good condition. 

Airplane Crash at Reno NV Air Show Kills 3- Injures At Least 55

The crash occurred at the Reno Air Show and Races about 6:30 p.m. Kansas City time Friday evening.

A P-51 Mustang being piloted by a man in his 70's crashed near a grandstand- showering the crowd with flying debris.

Three people- including the pilot- are reported dead. 

Hospitals report receiving at least 56 injured- at least a dozen of those injuries critical- according to the latest story from the ASSOCIATED PRESS via MyWay commercial-free news.

The following video shown here- shot by a spectator civichbca91 on YouTube- is graphic- showing injured lying amid debris in the moments after the plane crashed.