An Overland Park man will serve prison time and have to pay for damages for shooting at his parents’ house earlier this year.
On Wednesday in Johnson County District Court, Andrew M. McCann, 29, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for criminal discharge of a firearm, recklessly at an occupied dwelling and will have to pay $17,000 in damages after he fired at least 10 gunshots into his parents’ home in Shawnee on Feb. 15 as they slept. They were not injured.
The shooting led to an hours-long standoff between McCann and Shawnee and Overland Park tactical teams and the Overland Park Police’s bomb squad.
McCann pleaded guilty to the charge on March 25. A second charge of interference with a law enforcement officer; obstruct/resist/oppose felony warrant service or execution was dropped as part of a plea deal.
During the sentencing, both Matthew Gehrke, assistant district attorney at the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, and Krystal Adams, McCann’s attorney, said the incident was due to mental health issues McCann was experiencing.
“He recognizes he has mental health issues. He would like to get a mental health evaluation. That was something we were working on prior to actually working out the plea (agreement),” Adams said. “All of this just kind of stems from that, but he is going to take steps to work on that.”
Judge Erica Schoenig handed down the sentence.
The shooting happened in February
At 9:16 a.m. on Feb. 15, Shawnee Police were first called to McCann’s parents’ house in the 7000 block of Quivira Road for a report of a broken window.
McCann’s parents reported hearing a “loud crash” in the house, which they initially believed was caused by one of their pets, according to a criminal affidavit.
When police arrived, they found a large window on the southeast corner of the house had bullet holes in it.
McCann’s parents told officers that their son had been behaving erratically after he had stopped taking prescription medication for mental health issues and that he had also “taken several firearms with him when he last left,” the affidavit stated.
Multiple holes were found in the side of the house leading into the home’s kitchen, where rounds had become lodged inside the interior wall, and several had ricocheted into an area of cabinets.
According to the affidavit, the window that the rounds were fired into is next to the bedrooms where McCann’s parents were sleeping.
Shooting led to a standoff
Police located McCann’s truck on video from an intersection near his parents’ house and also from a tip from an anonymous neighbor.
They eventually found him at his aunt’s home in the 12000 block of Ballentine Street in Overland Park, where he had barricaded himself inside.
Following that, officers spent more than two hours communicating with McCann by email, with him referring to police with homophobic and ableist slurs and saying that he was not going to come out without a fight, according to the criminal affidavit.
After lengthy negotiations, McCann exited the residence and was taken into custody without incident.
Parents are concerned for their safety, son’s mental health
Although McCann’s parents watched the sentencing over Zoom, they declined the opportunity to speak before the judge handed down his punishment.
In lieu of a statement from them, Gehrke said they’re worried about what will happen with McCann after he is released.
“They noted that he has some mental health issues, and they hope that when he’s released, that he will at least stay away from their house. Maybe they can come back together. But again, the mental health issue is what worries them the most,” he said.
After his prison sentence is served, McCann has a contract with Johnson County Mental Health Center to get an evaluation and has been approved for intake, Adams said.
“He does have a plan set up for when he gets out to start addressing those issues, and while he’s in KDOC, hopefully they can also start addressing those issues,” she said.
As part of the court order, McCann will have to start making restitution payments in March 2027. He is also ordered to have no contact with his parents.
When discussing restitution payments, Vanessa McCann said she’s not worried about the payments as she was about her son.
“I am really not that concerned about the money. I just want him to get help,” she said.
What’s next
McCann will be credited with 81 days served in jail. When he’s released from prison, he will be on 12 months post-release supervision and have to register as a violent offender.
