KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting that injured a food delivery driver in Kansas City.
Just after 5:30 p.m. Dec. 20, police responded to a shooting at a Kansas City residence. First responders found a man suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to court documents.
After surrounding the home and calling all occupants out, 27-year-old Marissa Leonard came out and and told officers that she had to shoot into the ground because she was frightened that the victim was trying to force his way into the residence.
The injured man, a DoorDash delivery driver, told officers he saw a woman in her mid-to-late 40s on the porch. He walked up on the porch and handed her the food, and said he told the woman he needed to take a picture to prove the food was delivered; part of the DoorDashstandard operating procedure.
Leonard told investigators her mom went outside and told the driver he did not need a picture and to leave their property. She told investigators that she thought the driver was attempting to come into the home and told him to go away while informing him that they were armed. Shortly after, Leonard said she sent a warning shot into the ground to the right of the driver.
Court documents said the woman told the man he was drunk and walked back into the residence. The man “turned to walk off the porch and heard a gunshot and felt pain in his lower leg.” The man said he saw Leonard in the doorway after the gunshot was fired and said she was the only person outside when he was shot.
Leonard was booked into the Jackson County jail on requested charges of second-degree assault and armed criminal action.