KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Terroristic threat charges have been filed against a Kansas City man who called multiple agencies and threatened to shoot the people who worked there.

Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed Tuesday, Nov. 5, indicate Kenon R. McClendon, 29, of Kansas City, was charged with multiple counts of making terroristic threats after multiple calls to the East Transit bus station.

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department said that around 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 22, law enforcement was called to the bus station with reports that a caller had threatened to shoot Titan security officers.

Investigators noticed a sound of a pedestrian crossing helped the caller to E. 12th and Charlotte St., where surveillance footage revealed McClendon on his phone. Then on Tuesday, November 5, he called again to threaten to shoot the security officers at the bus station.

During the course of the investigation, law enforcement officials said it was found that he was known to have done this in the past.

After calling the bus stop, court records indicated McClendon also called the Jackson County, Missouri Detention Center with threats to commit a prison shooting. Corrections officials said they received three other such calls.

Around 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, law enforcement officials said McClendon was found a block from the East Village Transit Center, where he was arrested. During an interview, he admitted to being at the transit center and calling and calling the jail, but denied making any threats.

McClendon was charged with three counts of second-degree terroristic threatening. He has an initial appearance scheduled for 1:00 PM on Thursday, November 7. As of Wednesday, McClendon remains behind bars on a $50,000 bond. No other information has been released.

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