Kansas Metropolis man allegedly fired at the very least 10 pictures from nineteenth flooring balcony: Court docket paperwork

A Kansas Metropolis man has been arrested after allegedly firing a number of weapons a number of instances at random targets from a balcony on the nineteenth flooring of a downtown constructing.

Brent Bischof, 48, was charged Friday in Jackson County courtroom with armed felony motion and illegal use of a weapon.

Bischof allegedly fired a number of rounds with an extended gun from a balcony at The View Condominiums, at 600 Admiral Rd., round 2:15 p.m. Thursday. After seeing and listening to one of many pictures from the bottom, a Kansas Metropolis police officer contacted the house supervisor at The View, in line with courtroom paperwork.

The taking pictures was additionally witnessed by a number of pedestrians, in line with courtroom paperwork. Kansas Metropolis law enforcement officials confronted Bischof at a close-by intersection shortly after the taking pictures, courtroom paperwork learn, and took him into police custody.

The house supervisor directed the officer to house 1906, the place the pictures had allegedly originated, courtroom paperwork learn. Bischof had fired at the very least 10 bullets from at the very least two weapons, in line with courtroom paperwork; shell casings had been discovered within the courtyard and loading dock of The View, in addition to on a close-by roof at 615 E. sixth St.

Not less than one shot hit a white 2009 Ford Fusion parked close by on sixth Avenue, in line with courtroom paperwork. Nobody was within the automotive on the time of the taking pictures. The proprietor of the Fusion plans to press extra costs in opposition to Bischof, in line with courtroom information.

Officers recovered at the very least 12 weapons from Bischof’s house, together with a whole lot of rounds of dwell ammunition, courtroom paperwork learn.

Police and prosecutors indicated nobody was identified to have been injured within the taking pictures.

Officer Alayna Gonzalez, a spokesperson with Kansas Metropolis police, advised The Star that police had intercepted an unknown man who had fired pictures close to 600 Admiral Rd., and that police didn’t think about the incident to be an “energetic shooter scenario,” however mentioned that the investigation was ongoing.

Bischof shouldn’t be presently eligible for bond. His subsequent courtroom date has not but been set.

The Star’s Kendrick Calfee and Glenn E. Rice contributed reporting.