ARRIVES AND HOW COLD TEMPERATURES COULD GET. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS FROM KMBC NINE. BUT FIRST WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. A LOCAL SPORTS REPORTER IS DEAD AFTER HE WAS FOUND SHOT INSIDE A CAR NEAR I-29 AND NORTHWEST 72ND STREET LAST NIGHT. AS POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE. KMBC NINE S ALAN SHOPE TELLS US IT’S DEVASTATING NEWS TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORKED WITH HIM. EVERYBODY’S JUST SPEECHLESS. WILL AND ADAM JOHNSON, OWNERS OF THE PLATTE COUNTY CITIZEN, SAY THEIR SPORTS REPORTER, 50 YEAR OLD DENNIS SHARKEY, LOVED ALL THINGS SPORTS. HE GOT TO COVER SOME PRETTY SUCCESSFUL BASKETBALL TEAMS AND FOOTBALL TEAMS. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE FIRST CALLED TO THE AREA AROUND 7:00 FRIDAY NIGHT. SOMEONE CALLING ABOUT A CAR OFF THE ROAD. POLICE SHOWING UP TO FIND SHARKEY SHOT. WE’RE STILL TRYING TO PROCESS IT WHEN IT HITS THIS CLOSE TO HOME. ADAM SAYS EMPLOYEES OF THE CITIZEN WERE DEVASTATED TO HEAR THE NEWS. THEY SAY SHARKEY JOINED THE PAPER IN 2018 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2023, AND COVERED SPORTS AND COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS, TOOK HIS JOB SERIOUSLY AND UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING THE NEWS TO PEOPLE IN AN UNBIASED WAY. SHARKEY, TAKEN TO LIBERTY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE PAPER SAYING SHARKEY WAS ON HIS WAY TO COVER A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PAPER’S NEWS EDITOR SENDING US THIS STATEMENT. WE’RE SHOCKED AND SADDENED BY THIS HORRIFIC EVENT. DENNIS WAS A HARD WORKER AND A LONGTIME CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CITIZEN, AND HE WILL BE MISSED. THEY’VE TAKEN THE NEWS PRETTY HARD AND I PRAY FOR THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. MAYBE GET SOMETHING SOLVED AND GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THEY ADD HE WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD REPORTER IN PLATTE COUNTY. ALAN SHOPE KMBC NINE NEWS AND PLATTE COUNTY DEPUTIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE. THERE’S CURRENTLY NO WORD ON A SUSPECT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP INVESTIGATORS IN THIS CASE, CALL THE CRIME STOPPERS TIPS HOTLINE OR SCAN THE Q

Platte County Citizen sports reporter killed in shooting

Dennis Sharkey, 50, was found shot inside his car Friday night.

Platte County sheriff deputies are investigating the death of Dennis Sharkey, 50, who was found shot to death in his car Friday night.Kansas City, Missouri, police were first called to I-29 and NW 72nd Street around 7 p.m. Friday. Paramedics took Sharkey to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Platte County sheriff deputies say the shooting likely happened outside KCMO city limits. There is no suspect information at this time.Sharkey, of Liberty, was the sports reporter for the Platte County Citizen. The newspaper wrote on Facebook: “The Platte County Citizen staff are saddened by the loss of Dennis Sharkey, the Citizen’s sports reporter, who died by homicide Friday night.”

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. —

Platte County sheriff deputies are investigating the death of Dennis Sharkey, 50, who was found shot to death in his car Friday night.

Kansas City, Missouri, police were first called to I-29 and NW 72nd Street around 7 p.m. Friday.

Paramedics took Sharkey to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Platte County sheriff deputies say the shooting likely happened outside KCMO city limits.

There is no suspect information at this time.

Sharkey, of Liberty, was the sports reporter for the Platte County Citizen.

The newspaper wrote on Facebook: “The Platte County Citizen staff are saddened by the loss of Dennis Sharkey, the Citizen’s sports reporter, who died by homicide Friday night.”