The college issued an alert at 9:35 a.m. yesterday asking anyone who had seen a blue 2011 Ford Fiesta, Ill. license plate P649041, to contact Campus Police or the Overland Park Police Department. The alert was later canceled when the vehicle was recovered.
Sergeant Randy Garcia with Campus Police confirmed this alert was in regards to 58-year-old Merriam resident Robert J. Pruitt, who shot and killed his brother Todd Pruitt yesterday morning in a parking lot near Johnson Drive and Metcalf Road.
Garcia said the man had previously been on campus as a visitor, but not as a student. The alert was put out as a precautionary measure.
Many witnesses were present at the scene of the shooting. Robert Pruitt later shot himself. More information is available from The Kansas City Star here.
Compiled by Mackenzie Clark, mclark68@jccc.edu