Owner Killed During KC Rental Center Robbery

David Bledsoe, co-owner of Bledsoe’s Rentals in Kansas City, was fatally shot during a robbery

May 16, 2011

Rental center co-owner David Bledsoe was shot and killed during a robbery attempt at Bledsoe’s Rentals in Kansas City last week.

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