A city inspector visited the Family Dollar store shortly before it collapsed. Another neighbor also said it looked like the building had a "structural issue."

Multiple people raised concerns about the structural integrity of the Family Dollar store on Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City before it partially collapsed Sunday. The collapse killed a 68-year-old man and critically injured a 50-year-old woman.

Two days before the collapse, a city building inspector was dispatched to the property at 3726 Broadway.

"The resident is reporting that the building Family Dollar, is slowing (sic) tilting," she wrote. She took no action but confirmed what the neighbor saw. "Please describe the property issues at this location: building tilting," according to the report. Defunded, but not defeated K

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