[Leroy S. Mort]

In an unexpected twist, a bank directly across the street from the headquarters was robbed just as KPD officers were busy investigating at the scene of the shooting.

Yet another income redistribution scheme.

[buffyt]

That is probably why they did the shooting. That happened here in 1996. Bank robbery across the street from Repub. hdqr. But the bank robber had called in a bomb threat to a school across town, and most of the cops were there. I bet the shooting was just a way of getting attention away from the bank during the robbery.