Crime

KCK police investigating fatal shooting at Firelight Lounge

By Kaitlyn Schwers
Kansas City, Kan., police were called about 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the Firelight Lounge at 2046 N 18th St. to investigate a fatal shooting. The victim was identified as Michael L. Williams Jr., 35, of Kansas City. This Google Maps Street View is from July 2011.
Kansas City, Kan., police were called about 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the Firelight Lounge at 2046 N 18th St. to investigate a fatal shooting. The victim was identified as Michael L. Williams Jr., 35, of Kansas City. This Google Maps Street View is from July 2011. Google Maps

A man was fatally shot inside a Kansas City, Kan., bar early Saturday, police announced in a news release.

KCK police were called out to the Firelight Lounge in the 1800 block of Parallel Parkway at 1:30 a.m. Saturday to investigate a shooting.

When officers arrived, they found a man in his mid-thirties dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Police said they found his body inside the business.

Police have not yet released the victim's name.

The death is being investigated as a homicide.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

This story was originally published March 17, 2018 at 7:55 AM with the headline "KCK police investigating fatal shooting at Firelight Lounge."

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