KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Overland Park, Kan., police say two construction workers were shot outside a Blue Valley elementary school in southern Overland Park on Tuesday morning.
The victims were both reported in critical condition.
The shooting was reported just after 9 a.m. local time Tuesday outside Sunrise Point Elementary School.
A GMC Denali that police think the suspect stole at gunpoint was found later empty at the home of the carjacking victim, police said.
A police SWAT team was surrounding that house. The suspect has not been found. Police did not know if the suspect or anyone else was in the house. Police were attempting to make contact.
Police weren't sure what to make of the carjacker apparently driving the stolen Denali to the victim's home.
"It's weird," said Overland Park police spokesman John Lacy. "He must have looked in the glove box or something."
Police said the injured men were employees of a contractor doing work on the playground outside the school. The company was installing synthetic turf at the playground.
There were no children at the school at the time of the shooting.
Police said the suspect was a co-worker of the men who were shot.
The shooting happened after an argument, police said.
The shooting suspect fled and a few minutes later a carjacking was reported at a car wash.
A few minutes later, the same suspect reportedly stole another vehicle at gunpoint a few blocks away. That victim was not hurt but was shaken.
Police said the suspect last seen driving a black GMC Denali, but later the Denali was found empty without the suspect at the home of the Denali's owner.
Residents in the surrounding neighborhood were told to stay in their homes and the Blue Valley School District locked down all schools.
A company called Turf Etc. was installing turf at the school, according to Kaci Brutto, district spokeswoman. The company has been used by the district about five years.
A woman who answered the phone at the company's office in Lee's Summit after the shooting said the company had no comment.
