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KCPD: Suspect in downtown KCMO parking lot assaults in custody

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Posted at 5:27 PM, May 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-18 22:11:21-04

UPDATE, 9:10 p.m. | Kansas City, Missouri, police said the suspect was in custody as of Tuesday night.

EARLIER | Police in Kansas City, Missouri, said they have identified a man wanted in connection with several recent parking lot assaults downtown.

KCPD did not release the man's name, but said Tuesday that he had been identified with help from the public.

The first incident happened at 9:15 a.m. on May 9 near the parking garage at Barney Allis Plaza, near the intersection of Central and Wyandotte streets, police said.

The second incident occurred at 6:28 a.m. in the parking garage at 1261 Main St.

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