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A Kansas City woman was taken into custody this week after she allegedly became frustrated with the DMV’s slow-moving line and opened fire outside.
Though there were luckily no injuries from the shooting, Richey, 34, was charged with making a terrorist threat with the purpose of frightening 10 or more people, and the unlawful use of a weapon for exhibiting a gun in an angry and threatening manner,according toKMBC News.
The terrifying ordeal happened at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the Parkville License Office in Kansas City on Tuesday, theStarreports.
Patricia Zick, a witness at the scene, told the outlet that the woman came into the DMV, became very belligerent and started cursing at employees after noticing that the office was packed with people and the wait time would be long.
“Something was wrong, I don’t know what it is — drugs, mental or whatever — but she just insisted on getting taken care of immediately,” Zick recalled to theStar. “‘The president’s security was in danger,’ she said.”
Parkville License Office in Kansas City.
A similar account came from Tom Hutsler and DMV Manager Terri Haris, who both also witnessed Richey become increasingly hostile over the large crowd.
“It was very crowded in there — a lot of people,” Hustlertold theSan Antonio Express-News. “She was cussing and upset with the staff there.”
Haris, who was behind the DMV counter at the time, recalled Richey walking up and demanding a duplicate ID, the outlet reports.
Despite claiming her issue was a matter of natural security and that the president’s life was in danger, Richey was turned down and told to wait, which Haris said she allegedly responded to with, “What do I have to do, grab a gun?”
“I checked with the woman behind me and said, ‘Did she say what I thought she said? That doesn’t sound good,'” Hutsler added to the outlet.
After about 10 minutes of the altercation, witnesses said Richey stormed outside and Zick and Hutsler reportedly followed to monitor the situation and get her license plate number.
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It was at that moment that Richey allegedly dug into her purse, took out a gun and shot it into the air, theStarreports.
According toExpress-News, an off-duty officer who was at the scene confronted Richey while Hutsler tackled her from behind.
As officers continued to gather information from witnesses, Major Erik Holland from the Platte County Sheriff’s Office told the outlet that Richey allegedly fired her gun several times into a mulch bed outside of the DMV, but did not make it into the office.
“We’re still early on in the investigation, but it is to my understanding that she didn’t make it into the DMV,” he said. “People saw the gun before she got in. The doors were locked and she fired the shots before she got into the DMV.”
source: people.com
