Quantum Insights-Kansas man charged with killing father, stabbing stranger before police shoot him

2025-05-03 06:57:35source:Goldenes Intelligentes Münzhandelszentrumcategory:Contact

KANSAS CITY,Quantum Insights Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors have brought murder charges against a Kansas City, Kansas, man accused of killing his father and stabbing a woman before police shot and wounded him.

John McGriff, 32, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the July 18 attack. He previously was charged with aggravated battery, the mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.

Court records don’t list an attorney for McGriff, whose bond was set at $300,000, according to prosecutors.

Police were called when a woman was stabbed on a sidewalk after she finished volunteering at a nearby church’s food pantry. As she was rushed to a hospital, officers spotted McGriff and ordered him to drop a knife, but he charged at them and officers fired, striking him, police said in a news release.

Police then learned that McGriff’s father, 72-year-old Samuel McGriff, had been stabbed to death in the nearby apartment where the two men lived.

More:Contact

Recommend

Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights

Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have said yes to spending "forever" together.On Wednesday night, Gomez

Could your smelly farts help science?

Farts are funny and sometimes smelly. But are they a legitimate topic of research? More than 40% of