Process server shot at in Kansas City, police investigating

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri police say one person is facing a municipal theft charge and the other person is charged with firing a gun.

All because an interaction between a landlord and tenant turned ugly.

The owner of the home in the area of Booth and Thompson avenues tells FOX4 someone came outside the house with a gun and shot at them.

Meantime tenant Jessica James, who says she pulled the trigger, claims she was not aiming at the people.

“There was a shot fired at the tree,” she said.

“A shot came right between us,” homeowner Butch Nelson said.

KCPD said Nelson and a private process server were outside the house. The process server was there to serve a first eviction notice.

At the same time, police said Nelson started removing a van from the property. That’s when police say the renter fired shots.

FOX4 asked who shot the gun. James said “I did, OK.”

When asked why she fired a shot, she said “I am terrified of Butch. I am terrified of my stuff being stolen. I have PTSD surrounding Butch. So, I feared for the immediate safety of myself and my family.”

“I yelled, we’re not even on your property, we’re in the neighbor’s property. The process server, she threw the papers in the yard and said you’ve been served and ran, because she’s shooting at us,” Nelson said.

Police said no one was injured.

Police issued James a summons for municipal charge of firing a gun and issued Nelson a summons for city charge of theft.

Officers stood by and kept the peace for the process server to finish serving the eviction papers.

This comes just a few weeks after process server Drexel Mack was shot and killed while serving eviction papers in Jackson County.

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