Waldo and Brookside residents asking for action after crime spike [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One day after an Irish restaurant owner was shot and killed outside his business, leaders in the Waldo and Brookside neighborhoods want action from city and county leaders.

“How can we get the city, county, prosecutors, juvenile prosecutors, police, state, and federal resources together to solve this problem while we work towards longer-term solutions? It can’t be six, eight, or twelve months from now. It’s got to be now, and last night illustrated that,” said Sean Ackerson with the Southtown Council and Brookside Business Association.

He met with Jackson County legislators and Kansas City council members alongside Sean Anderson of the Waldo Business Association on Thursday afternoon to discuss what could be done.

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