Emily Rittman
Reporter
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Emily joined KCTV5 in July 2012. She is a Kansas City metro native who grew up in Lee's Summit and Parkville.
She’s covered breaking news and severe weather in Jefferson City, Springfield and Kansas City, Mo.
She's a die-hard Chiefs fan and a loyal Royals and Sporting KC fan who was thrilled to cover the Royals World Series win and the Chiefs Super Bowl championship.
In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, kayaking, bicycling, watching movies and documentaries as well as attending concerts. Her pups Punch and Piper keep her thoroughly entertained.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Emily Rittman
Since Sunday, Kansas City police responded to seven homicides in 72 hours.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 6:15 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Last year, police responded to 1,707 calls for service at Hawthorne Place. That includes five shootings, 26 assaults and 12 sex offenses.
Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 7:17 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Black Bob Bay is officially open for the 2023 summer swim season after a brief delay.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 7:19 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Gary Keller believes two hairstylists likely saved his life when they recognized something just wasn’t right during his haircut on May 18 in Overland Park.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
It turns out that an off-duty firefighter who jumped into action inside a baseball stadium had found himself in a lifesaving situation while traveling before.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
During the last four days in Kansas City, Missouri, seven people have been killed. That includes three people who were shot at a nightclub.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Twenty-two-year-old Lakota Renville’s body was discovered by a passerby in October of 2005 near Blue Ridge and Pitcher Road in Independence.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
According to the search warrant, police were told the baby was 6 months old at the time of her death.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A jury found a woman guilty of two counts of second-degree murder for the death of her two young daughters after the children were left inside of a hot vehicle on July 4, 2018.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Federal and local investigators are searching for one of three suspects who remains on the run following a deadly shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy as he played outside his family’s KCK home.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Johnson County’s district attorney announced charges will not be filed against an officer who shot and killed 27-year-old Brandon Lynch on New Year’s Eve last year.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 3:36 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Jackson Mahomes, who is accused of assaulting a business owner and waiter at an Overland Park restaurant, will be able to contact three out of four witnesses who he requested contact with.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 3:40 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Felony charges have now been filed against a 14-year-old in connection with the death of Jamie Craig, who was a teacher and an anti-violence advocate.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Attorneys believe officers violated Tyrea Pryor's Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 2:39 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Someone shot into a vehicle near 22nd and Holmes the night of October 30, 2003, killing Larry Riley.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Neighbors are concerned that a man is once again firing a pellet or BB gun inside city limits in their Waldo neighborhood.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
In less than 30 minutes, Kansas City police responded to three separate shootings Sunday during an already deadly year.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The Kansas City Police Crime Lab is significantly reducing the backlog of DNA samples waiting for testing in an effort to help victims receive justice sooner.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 6:30 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Counselors are offering support to kindergartners whose classmate, 6-year-old Sir’Antonio Brown, was shot and killed as he played outside a home Wednesday evening.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office charged Jackson Mahomes with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of battery.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The family of North Kansas City Police Officer Daniel Vasquez, who was killed in the line of duty, have learned 2025 is likely the earliest his accused killer’s trial could begin.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The first responders were completing an urgent transport at the time of the crash.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
NFL Draft fans will soon pack downtown Kansas City, Missouri but they have to make a trip to the Kansas side of the state line to place a sports bet during the NFL Draft weekend.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 8:04 AM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Thieves are cutting wiring on irrigation equipment to try to make fast cash on the copper inside the wiring. The crime is costing local farmers thousands of dollars to replace and fix the damage left behind.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 9:20 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A heart-wrenching discovery started a 19-year investigation to uncover the identity of a newborn boy whose body was left in a once remote part of Platte County.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 8:16 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
“This Draft area will probably be the second largest city in the metro area at times, with the population of people that will be there.”
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Police said they are investigating reports cloned keys as a means to steal cars in several states, including in the Kansas City metro.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A puppy is safely back at home after riding miles from Johnson County, Kansas, to the home of the Royals inside a car’s engine bay.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Ralph Yarl’s mother described what happened the night her son was shot for ringing the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his twin brothers from a friend’s house.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
On Saturday, 200 people will collect trash as Missouri River Relief hosts a large-scale, community and equipment-based trash cleanup near Riverfront Park in Kansas City.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A federal grand jury has indicted six people with conspiring to smuggle contraband into a federal prison in Kansas between August of 2020 and May of 2021.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
When the missing child returned home, they disclosed they had been meeting with a Grain Valley police officer they met using online chat platforms Omegle and Discord.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 7:52 AM CDT
|By Gabe Swartz and Emily Rittman
An investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol has led to multiple felony charges for a former Grain Valley police officer after the discovery that the officer had engaged in sex acts with a juvenile.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 8:13 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department will hold a community open house one week after three officers were shot near 18th Street and Wood Avenue.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 3:59 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
According to investigators, Justin Robinson was arrested on April 3 at a bus station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was wearing a neck brace to cover up his “816″ neck tattoo.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 5:13 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
It is illegal in Kansas to dispose of dead animals on public property, including public creeks and waterways.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 6:19 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Machine Gun Kelly, Rick Ross, Loud Luxury and Tech N9ne will take the stage with the recent SNL host on April 28 at the Azura Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Operation BBQ Relief volunteers are serving hot meals to first responders and community members after deadly tornadoes ripped across the South, Midwest and stretched to the Northeast.Operation BBQ Relief volunteers from Kansas City and around the country can mobilize immediately following a natural disaster to offer comforting meals. Volunteers provided more than 7,000 meals in Mississippi.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 6:51 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
One large tree toppled into power lines near James A. Reed Road and E. 83rd Street in Raytown, which sparked a grassfire that spread to several yards.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Justin Robinson, an inmate from the Ray County Jail, escaped Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:50 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The search for a Ray County Jail escapee expanded Wednesday as federal, state and local law enforcement searched for 39-year-old Justin Robinson.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 6:19 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A man facing charges for stabbing his pregnant girlfriend escaped the Ray County Jail after investigators say he and another inmate used a shank to attack a jail employee.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 8:25 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Jackson County legislators discussed several ordinances that intend to ban conversation therapy for minors Monday during a meeting filled with changes, multiple votes and at times confusion on whether enough votes were tallied to advance to a vote.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 7:11 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A 26-year-old Independence man is facing charges following a crash on Wednesday, which killed two people who were riding a motorcycle.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Forty-one years later, two men who found a baby during a chance encounter on a snow-covered Kansas City porch had a long-awaited reunion with the grown woman they met as an infant decades ago.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Police are seeing a higher number of Kia and Hyundai vehicles being stolen from locations in southern Independence, near U.S. 40 Highway and Noland Road and U.S. 40 Highway and Sterling Avenue.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 3:12 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
The Clay County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office plans to seek the death penalty for a man charged with shooting and killing North Kansas City Police Officer Daniel Vasquez last year.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
A 17-year-old from Lawrence, Kansas, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 14-year-old over the weekend.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 2:36 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
Investigators say he knowingly purchased more than 100,000 items that had been stolen from various retailers in Kansas City including Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, CVS, and Walgreens.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
From Jan. 1 through March 15, 32 people have died as the result of a homicide in Kansas City.
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