Jovan Belcher murder-suicide scenario too common in KC
Barb ShellyBut for the location of Jovan Belcher’s suicide and his status as a Chiefs linebacker, his death and the murder of his girlfriend are just more of the tireless drumbeat of senseless violence in Kansas City.
Two people got into an argument. One of them had a gun. Now a 22-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man are dead and their infant daughter is an orphan. Police in Kansas City have seen it all before.
Mayor Sly James set exactly the right tone today, reminding the public that close to 100 murders have taken place in Kansas City this year, and all of them are tragic.
“I am desperate to find a way to impact this situation,” James said in a tweet.
He and a lot of other people. We need to find a way to separate guns and people who don’t have the skills to cope in a healthy manner with frustration and anger. No one person has the key to that solution. It will take a unified front.
Jacob Fare
5 months, 3 weeks agoI couldn’t have wrote it better than you did in your article. This is a senseless act of violence that is all too common in Kansas City. We need to think of an effective solution to the problem. Both sides must come to the table to help our city.
Joseph Korsi
5 months, 3 weeks agoToo many senseless acts of violence occur every day. This story got nationwide attention because Jovan Belcher played for the Chiefs. If he had been a postman or auto repairman, the story would have gotten a few brief paragraphs in the back pages. Every murder and every suicide is a tragedy for sure. Another orphaned child, more broken-hearts, another family left looking for the answer to the question “Why?”. So sad……
Ray Parker
Overland Park
5 months, 3 weeks agoIt’s Satan’s too-frequent calling card, to commit a murder for vengeance, kill yourself before you can repent to save your soul, and burn in hell for all eternity. (Romans 12:17-19, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12)