UPDATE: Three people have been charged in connection to the carjacking.
Cheyenne N. Mellon, 17, faces robbery in the 1st degree, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. Zachary T. Webber, 20, and Caleb B. Patterson, 18, were charged with robbery in the first degree and armed criminal action.
According to court records, a victim at the Phillips 66 gas station told officers he had been checking on fluids in his vehicle when he was stabbed by a tall man and hit on the head by a shorter man. Mellon, Webber and Patterson then took off in his vehicle.
Prosecutors requested bonds for each suspect of $150,000 cash.
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A car crashed into a building at 18th and Locust in the Crossroads Monday morning.
Officers were sent to a service station at 702 Paseo Boulevard for a cutting. They found a victim who was suffering from multiple puncture wounds. Police determined there was an armed robbery/carjacking.
The victim was then taken to an area hospital to have his injuries evaluated.
Officers in the area found the victim's car, a Mustang, and started a pursuit. The pursuit ended when the Mustang hit a Prius, pushing it into 504 East 18th.
Police said multiple suspects were taken into custody.
An officer told me the crash in crossroads involved robbery suspects, we're getting moved back b/c fear of gas leak. @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/7sGDGx2TS2
— Lindsay Shively (@LindsayShively) January 16, 2017
This man said he saw the crash at 18th & Locust happen... @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/rokiiG34da
— Lindsay Shively (@LindsayShively) January 16, 2017
Police cleared the block at 18th and Locust after the crash caused a gas leak.
Neighbors say it's 2nd car to hit building in past few months. Natural gas smell at 18th & Locust as crews try to shut it off @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/CVNImSTw9d
— Patrick Fazio (@PatrickFazio) January 16, 2017
Neighbors say 5 area buildings hit by cars in past year or two. Today's crash is 2nd in just months at 18th & Locust bldg. @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/VT6sgIhCVJ
— Patrick Fazio (@PatrickFazio) January 16, 2017
Residents of 504 E 18th apartments are now able to go back into the building, though the gas remains shutoff until the building’s meter can be replaced.
Crossroads Crash latest: dangerous buildings now here to evaluate structure, Mo Gas Energy working on gas line pic.twitter.com/gfdL5a2vqZ
— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) January 16, 2017
The KCMO Dangerous Buildings Department evaluated the structure after the Prius was removed. Results of that evaluation haven't been released.
Monday's collision marks the second time since September 2016 that the building has been hit by a car.
A drunk driver crashed a Corvette into 504 in the early morning hours of September 18, 2016.
It's also at least the fourth car vs building collision in a two-block radius in the past two years.
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