A Missouri man was shot dead by police Friday morning after two murders and a child abduction the night before.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office reported that George Manning, aged 43, was shot by police around 7:30 a.m. on Friday. The incident occurred following a series of events that began with Manning allegedly shooting and killing a woman in a car wash parking lot at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, as per KCTV.
After the initial shooting, Manning purportedly proceeded to another residence in northwestern Riverside, where he fatally shot a 12-year-old boy, critically injured a woman, and abducted a 5-year-old girl.
An Amber Alert was issued at that point.
Not long before midnight, the authorities in Kansas City, Kansas, were alerted to gunfire at a bar. Following an investigation, it was confirmed that a non-injury aggravated assault had occurred. Witnesses present at the bar provided descriptions of the suspect, with their accounts aligning with Manning. Subsequently, Manning was seen leaving the bar on foot.
A few blocks away, however, a carjacking was reported.
At some point in the night, Manning apparently dropped the kidnapped girl off with family, and police located her just after 5 a.m. Manning returned to Platte County in a stolen vehicle and was located not far from the initial crime scenes on foot. He was killed in a subsequent shootout with police.
The family of the wounded woman, who was the mother of the boy who was killed, released a statement to KSHB identifying them as Mercedes Ontiveros and her son Giuliani Calderon.
According to the station, Manning was the father of the abducted girl. The name of the woman killed at the car wash has not been released.
