Kansas City woman fired gun after calling DMV wait 'ridiculous'

Tuesday, July 9, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police say a woman upset about the line at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Kansas City went outside and fired a gun after being asked to leave.

Officer Darin Snapp says no one was injured. He says around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday the woman announced that the "wait time is ridiculous."
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Snapp says staff asked her to leave because she was being "loud and obnoxious." He says the woman then said she was going to get a gun.

Snapp says an off-duty officer who heard a gunshot approached the woman and ordered her to put the gun down.
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The woman was jailed but no charges were immediately filed. Her name hasn't been released.

Snapp says: "She just wasn't very happy about the wait at the DMV."
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