Police say gunfire erupted after a Jeep chased the ride from Overland Park into Prairie Village.
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS — A Kansas City woman said she is lucky to be alive after an Uber ride she took before work on March 22 turned into a chase across Johnson County, ending in gunfire, a rollover crash and a burning vehicle near Franklin Park.
Terah Moore, a mother of four, was shot five times and spent days in intensive care after the Sunday evening attack, according to television interviews from her hospital bed. Police in Prairie Village and Overland Park say the shooting stretched across city lines and involved a red or maroon 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee that chased the Uber before shots were fired. The case has drawn wide attention because investigators still have not said why the Jeep was following the car or whether the victim or the Uber driver knew the people inside it.
Moore said she had called for an Uber to make a quick stop before heading to work when the driver noticed another vehicle behind them. “I think I’m being followed,” Moore recalled the driver saying. Moore told local TV stations she looked back and saw the same Jeep still trailing them as the ride moved through Overland Park. She said the driver began speeding up, cutting through side streets and parking lots and trying to shake the Jeep. In one account, Moore said the car crossed railroad tracks with a train approaching, a moment that convinced her the danger was real. Police later said the chase moved through the Roe Avenue corridor, with shots reported in the areas of 91st Street and Roe, then 99th Street and Roe, before the vehicle crashed near Franklin Park in Prairie Village. Moore said that once the ride turned onto Roe, she heard the first shots and ducked in her seat as the back window shattered.
Investigators have described the suspected vehicle as a red or maroon 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Kansas plate 9103ACY. Prairie Village and Overland Park police have asked homeowners and businesses along Roe Avenue to review surveillance video from the evening of March 22. Johnson County Post reported that police said a “large number of bullets” were fired during the rolling disturbance. Moore said the Jeep caught up with the Uber near 99th Street and Roe Avenue and that the shooting intensified after the ride entered a residential area. She told KMBC that after the Uber crashed into a tree and flipped, she thought the wreck might end the chase. Instead, she said, people got out of the Jeep and fired again while the crashed vehicle was on fire. Police have publicly confirmed that one person in the Uber was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and that the driver suffered injuries described as non-life-threatening. Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects, announced any arrests or released a motive.
The crash scene rattled nearby neighborhoods in Prairie Village, where Franklin Park had to be closed for part of the investigation and reopened the next day. Residents told local outlets they heard a burst of gunfire and then saw a heavy police response in an area better known for evening walks than violent crime. Video from doorbell cameras captured the sound of shots and the noise of speeding vehicles, adding to a timeline that began in Overland Park and ended roughly two miles later near the park. Moore’s account also added a human dimension to the official timeline. She said the Uber driver was screaming that she did not want to die, while Moore tried to calm her and urge her to slow down before a turn. Moore said she did not know the driver before the ride and did not know the men she saw after the crash. In one interview, she described them as very young and said they appeared to be carrying automatic weapons, though police have not publicly detailed the exact firearms used.
The investigation remains at an early but urgent stage. Police have said detectives from both Prairie Village and Overland Park are working the case because the pursuit and gunfire crossed jurisdictions. As of March 29, authorities had focused their public appeals on identifying the Jeep, tracing its movements and collecting private camera footage from neighborhoods and businesses along the route. No charging documents had been announced, and police had not said whether they believe the driver of the Jeep was targeting Moore, targeting the Uber driver or acting on some other motive. That leaves several major questions open: when the Jeep first began following the Uber, how many people were inside it, whether anyone else was hit by gunfire and what evidence detectives have recovered from the roadway and crash site. Moore told local outlets that the ordeal has left her unable to work for now as a forklift driver and facing a long recovery from gunshot wounds.
For now, the clearest public record comes from the overlap between Moore’s story and the police timeline. Both show a trip that began as an ordinary errand and turned into a chase through some of Johnson County’s busiest and most residential streets just before 7 p.m. on a Sunday. Both show that the danger did not end with the wreck. Moore has said she is alive because neighbors helped pull her and the driver from the overturned, burning vehicle. The driver’s name has not been widely released in local reports, but Moore and commenters on local coverage alike have described her as a victim too, caught in the same barrage while trying to escape. The case has also become a test for the patchwork of home security footage that often helps solve crimes that move quickly through multiple blocks and city borders. Police have not said when they expect to release more evidence, but they have made clear the search for the Jeep and the people inside it is ongoing.
The case remained unsolved Sunday, one week after the March 22 shooting, with investigators still seeking the Jeep and any video that shows its route before, during or after the chase. The next public milestone is likely a police update once detectives identify the vehicle or make an arrest.
Author note: Last updated March 29, 2026.