Police investigate death of 3-year-old as an accidental self-inflicted gunshot
A 3-year-old girl mortally wounded Wednesday at a residence near 31st Street and Spruce Avenue appears to have died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
Kansas City police officers responded about 7:30 p.m. to a reported stabbing and found the injured child. The child was transported to a hospital and died.
No other details were available.
Family members at the home declined to talk with a Star reporter Thursday.
Several other children and adults were at the residence at the time of the shooting. Several persons were later interviewed by investigators. No arrests have been made.
The investigation continued on Thursday.
Glenn E. Rice grice@kcstar.com and Ian Cummings, icummings@kcstar.com
This story was originally published July 15, 2015 at 10:01 PM with the headline "Police investigate death of 3-year-old as an accidental self-inflicted gunshot."