Kansas City double-murder suicide gun came from VA armory [Video]

KMBC 9 Investigates has learned the United States Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a nationwide internal investigation after the double-murder suicide involving a prominent Kansas City family involved a gun taken from the VA police department’s armory. As a result of that internal investigation, authorities have suspended two high-ranking officials and an armorer from the Leavenworth VA after Officer Jerel McGeachy Sr. took a gun from the Eastern Kansas VA Health System’s armory before using it to shoot and kill his wife, Domonique McGeachy, 38, and young son, Jerel McGeachy Jr., 12. on April 1, 2024, despite his access to the firearm being revoked. McGeachy Sr., 38, then turned the handgun on himself. Kansas City, Missouri, police confirmed to KMBC 9 Investigates that the same handgun taken from the armory was used in the shootings that gripped the city’s attention. Restraining order triggers revocation of access to firearms, credentials: …