Who is Leonna Hale? Pregnant Black woman suspect shot 5 times and then HANDCUFFED by Kansas City police
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: A pregnant Black woman was shot as many as five times by Kansas City police as they searched for a stolen vehicle on Friday, May 27. Officers in two vehicles were reportedly following up on a call about an armed carjacking just before 8 pm. They had been given a description of the vehicle and license plate.
At the parking lot of a Family Dollar store at Sixth and Prospect Avenues in Kansas City, the officers reportedly spotted the car with two suspects inside. As they approached it, the male driver fled northeast and two officers pursued him. Meanwhile, the victim, 26-year-old Leonna Hale, allegedly stepped out of the car and told the officers there was a gun inside the vehicle. Not much is known about Hale except that she was pregnant at the time of being shot.