KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Since 2017, the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department has received eight calls for service to apartment 1702 at the Grand Boulevard Lofts downtown, where 5-year-old Grayson O’Connor died last week.
Four of the calls were listed as a disturbance, two were listed as a disturbance where officers were asked to standby to keep the peace, one was listed as a residence check and one call was categorized as a call for an emotionally disturbed person.
The first documented call was made in February 2018, and the most recent call is listed in January 2023.
Three calls, the most in a year, were made in 2019. October and January were the months with the most calls, three each.
Eight of the incidents were called to the apartment at East 10th Street and Grand Boulevard where Grayson lived with his mother, who is currently being investigated as a subject of interest in the death of her son.
- Feb. 21, 2018, at 12:15 p.m. — Residence check
- Jan. 28, 2018, at 1:50 p.m. — Disturbance
- Oct. 2, 2019, at 9:29 p.m. — Disturbance
- Oct. 11, 2019, at 6:17 a.m. — Disturbance
- Jan. 6, 2020, at 9:11 a.m. — Disturbance, standby to keep the peace
- Oct. 22, 2020, at 4:18 p.m. — Disturbance
- Nov. 5, 2021, at 10:05 p.m. — Emotionally disturbed person, check welfare
- Jan. 14, 2023, at 6:18 a.m. — Disturbance, standby to keep the peace
Officers noted the call on Nov. 5, 2021, was to check on a possibly suicidal party.
Last week, neighbors told KSHB’s Charlie Keegan they were outraged and numb.
“We’re all mad. We’re very angry. … Everybody knew him,” neighbor Kelsey Grzib said of Grayson.
Additionally, a neighbor told Keegan they filed a report with the Missouri Department of Social Services two years ago on Grayson’s behalf. However, when KSHB 41 asked the department for the report, the earliest the agency said it would be shared is April 2024.
No charges have been filed in Grayson’s death. Investigators are still working to determine if it was a homicide or a case of child endangerment or neglect.
KSHB 41 has requested additional documents from KCPD to shed light on the calls to Grayson’s home. Documents are forthcoming.
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