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HOW FARTHER WE WILL CLIMB WHEN THE SUN COMES BACK OUT TOMORROW. HALEY: STUNNING VIDEO FROM POLICE SHOWS AN OFFICER BEING SHOT AT DURING A CHASE LAST NIGHT. GOOD EVENING, I’M HALEY HARRISON. KELLY: I’M KELLY ECKERMAN, IN FOR STEVEN ALBRITTON. NO OFFICERS WERE HURT. BUT TONIGHT, KMBC 9’S WILLIAM JOY SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO NOW HAVE HOMES AND CARS RIDDLED WI BULLETS. WILLIAM: IT STARTED AS A TRAFFIC STOP. >> I THINK THEY’RE SHOOTING AT ME NOW. WILLIAM: THEN AT 66TH AND MLK JR., POLICE SAY TWO MEN BEGAN TO SHOOT AT THE OFFICER >> YEP, THEY’RE FIRING AT ME. WILLIAM: IT INTENSIFIES WHEN THEY TURN ONTO 67TH. >> 67TH, THEY’RE FIRING, GET ME CARS NOW. WILLIAM: THE CHASE GETS ONTO 71 HIGHWAY AND THE OFFICER HITS 109 MILES AN HOUR GOING OVER CLEAVER II. AFTER FINALLY EXITING AT TRUMAN, POLICE USE A PIT MANUEVER TO STOP THE CAR AND ARREST THREE PEOPLE INSIDE. >> I AIN’T NEVER HEARD NOTHING LIKE THAT. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. BOOM. WILLIAM: DURING THURSDAY NIGHT’S CHASE, 67TH STREET WASN’T EMPTY. >> YOU COULD SEE IT. POW POW POW. WILLIAM: MARTEILA TABRON’S YOUNG GIRLS WERE ON THE PORCH. >> IRAN TO THE SCREEN DOOR. THEY WERE ALREADY DOWN. >> SEE THAT HOLE RIGHT THERE. WILLIAM: JAMES WILLIAM’S TRUCK TOOK A BULLET. >> SEEMED LIKE A MOVIE OR SOMETHING. >> I JUMPED OFF THEM STEPS AND SLID DOWN THIS HILL. WILLIAM: BILL RADER HAS THREE NEW HOLES IN HIS GARAGE. >> I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE. WE’RE GETTING READY TO PACK UP, SELL OUT. I’M GOING BACK TO ARKANSAS. WILLIAM: NO ONE WAS HURT OR KILLED, BUT THERE’S PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DAMAGE. >> EVERYBODY WAS A LITTLE SHOOK UP, ESPECIALLY THE KIDS. >> THE CRIMINALS ARE RUNNING THE CITY NOW. THAT’S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO ME. OFFICERS FOUND A RIFLE AND TWO HANDGUNS IN THE VEHICLE. POLICE SAID THE OFFICER INVOLVED HAS BEEN WITH KCPD FOR TWO

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WARNING: VIDEO MAY BE CONSIDERED GRAPHIC Three men have officially been charged in Thursday night's police chase in Kansas City, Missouri. Stunning in-car video from a Kansas City police officer shows shots fired at his car during a chase Thursday night.Several bullets hit the police cruiser near 66th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.Police said the chase started as a traffic stop. The officer noticed a car parked in a vacant, overgrown parking lot with no lights on. He watched the car, then attempted the traffic stop. The driver took off, eventually heading north on Highway 71.As the vehicle was driven away, the suspects inside fired several rounds at the officer between 66th and Paseo to 65th and Woodland Avenue.Police pursued the vehicle to Truman Road and Locust Street, where officers used a PIT maneuver to stop the car. The driver and two others in the car were taken into custody.Some of the most intense gunfire happened on 67th Street where neighbors say bullets hit cars and homes. “It was really freaky. Everybody was a little shook up, especially the kids,” said Marteila Tabron, whose children were outside during the shooting.James Williams’s truck now has a bullet hole through the driver’s side door. “Seemed like a movie or something,” Williams said. “It’s got to stop. I don’t know why people are like that.”Bill Rader was outside and dove down his hill for cover. His garage has three bullet holes in it now. “I was talking to my wife. We’re getting ready to pack up, sell out. I’m going back to Arkansas,” Rader said. “The criminals are running the city now. That’s what it feels like to me.”Officers found a rifle and two handguns in the vehicle.Police said the officer involved has been with KCPD for two years. He was not hurt, nor were the suspects or any bystanders. Darryl Nichols, 25; 18-year-old Michael Fleming; and 18-year-old Ruhwan Johnson have each been charged with felony assault on a police officer, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and resisting a lawful stop.