Hickman Mills Deserves Better

Channel 4 news included a story about celebratory gunfire. Apparently it’s a regular and ongoing concern for those living in a KC neighborhood close to Raytown. This story and its connection to the still not passed in Jeff City Blair’s Law are certainly worth covering. The fact that there was so much gunfire, yet no injuries were reported is amazing.

What I don’t understand about this article is why the sentence “(one person was injured in the Hickman Mills area when a bullet grazed one man’s leg)” was included, especially since it was also in parentheses. The celebratory gunfire was somewhere close to 79th Street which is well north of Hickman Mills, so how is that sentence even relevant to the story?ick

It’s reporting out of context like this that has given Hickman Mills and still gives Hickman Mills a bad reputation.