Clay County prosecutors say a 21-year-old woman used a fake tow call to lure her former boyfriend and his girlfriend into the open before a confrontation ended in gunfire and a chest wound.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 21-year-old Kansas City woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend, helping set up a fake tow call and then shooting the man in the chest near a McDonald’s in the city’s Northland, according to court records.
The shooting, reported Monday evening near North Indiana Avenue and Northeast Barry Road, quickly became a major felony case because prosecutors say it was not a sudden roadside fight but a planned encounter. Clay County prosecutors charged Jolie S. Koop with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. The man survived and was taken first to a fire station and then to a hospital intensive care unit, while investigators said surveillance video from nearby businesses captured the confrontation.
According to the probable cause statement, the case began earlier that evening when the victim’s girlfriend received a call from a woman who claimed her Mercedes was being towed from the victim’s apartment. The couple checked and found nothing that suggested the car was being removed, but the woman later told detectives she believed the call was a setup. She left in the Mercedes while the victim followed in a Cadillac. Court records say the victim soon noticed Koop following them in a Buick with her mother. The man called his father and said he was being followed by his ex-girlfriend and possibly her mother. The affidavit says he then made random turns to see whether the Buick would stay behind them. It did. The vehicles eventually reached the area of the McDonald’s at 8650 N. Indiana Ave., where the Mercedes stalled at a stop sign and the confrontation tightened into a few fast, violent moments.
Investigators say Koop and her mother pulled up behind the Mercedes, got out of the Buick and moved toward the disabled car. Prosecutors allege the mother began striking the Mercedes with a wooden bat and shattered the rear windshield. By then, the victim had arrived in the Cadillac, stopped and gotten out. Court records say he approached Koop while holding a knife at his side. What happened next is at the center of the criminal case. Police say Koop, who was armed with a gun, fired at him and hit him in the chest. The affidavit described two shots, while local television coverage summarized the encounter as at least one round. The man fell, got back up and made it back to his vehicle, according to police. His father later drove him to a fire station at 8100 North Oak Trafficway, and first responders took him to North Kansas City Hospital, where he was treated in intensive care.
Much of the public account rests on video and statements gathered in the first hours after the shooting. Detectives say cameras at the McDonald’s and a nearby Dutch Bros Coffee captured the encounter, including the Buick pulling up behind the Mercedes and a woman firing at the man as he approached. The Kansas City Star reported that Koop later told detectives that she and her mother had staked out the Mercedes, placed the fake tow call and followed the couple until the car stalled. She also allegedly told investigators that she shot her ex-boyfriend after he arrived with a knife and came toward her. That claim is likely to shape the defense if the case moves forward, because the court file also says the victim approached while armed. Even so, prosecutors charged Koop with the most serious assault count available in the case, signaling that they believe the evidence supports an allegation of deliberate and unlawful violence rather than lawful self-defense.
The case also carries added weight because detectives wrote that this was the second known incident in which Koop allegedly used a gun against the same man. Local reports say Clay County prosecutors had already charged her in November with third-degree domestic assault and unlawful use of a weapon in an earlier case involving the same ex-boyfriend. In that earlier matter, according to the reporting, Koop was accused of attacking him while he was trying to leave her home with his property. That history does not prove the new allegations, but it gives investigators and prosecutors a broader backdrop for the relationship and may become important if the present case proceeds to hearings or trial. It also helps explain why authorities described the new episode as more than a spontaneous breakup argument. By the time officers and prosecutors began reviewing the Northland shooting, they were looking at an allegation tied to an existing court record and a claim of repeated gun use against the same person.
Family reaction added another public layer to the case almost immediately. Law&Crime reported that the victim’s father wrote on Facebook that his son had been shot by Koop and urged authorities to find her quickly. In later posts, the father said his son was stable but still facing complications and had undergone another surgery. Those statements do not replace hospital records or courtroom testimony, and the victim has not been publicly named in the coverage, but they captured the urgency that surrounded the case in the hours after the shooting. The father’s actions also became part of the timeline because he was the person who drove his wounded son away from the McDonald’s area and toward emergency help before an ambulance transfer to the hospital. The scene itself was not described as a random public shootout. Instead, court records and video reporting point to a narrow, targeted confrontation among people who knew one another, one disabled car, one bat, one gun and a brief but damaging burst of violence in a busy retail corridor.
Koop was charged within about 24 hours of her arrest, according to local coverage. Prosecutors say she is being held on a $150,000 bond. KCTV reported that a bond reduction hearing is scheduled for April 21 and a preliminary hearing is expected on May 29. Another unresolved question is whether prosecutors will bring any charges against the second woman described in court records as helping strike the Mercedes with a bat before the shooting. As of the local reports published this week, the public charging announcement centered on Koop. The case now appears headed toward the usual early stages of a Missouri felony prosecution, when a judge will review probable cause, bond conditions, witness accounts, surveillance evidence and any arguments tied to self-defense or intent.
For now, the public record shows a case built around planning, pursuit and a brief confrontation outside a fast-food restaurant. Prosecutors say the next key date is April 21 for a bond hearing, with a preliminary hearing set for May 29 if the schedule holds.
Author note: Last updated April 18, 2026.