Days after triple shooting, 18-year-old dies in Kansas City, Kansas hospital
Days after he was injured in a triple shooting in Kansas City, Kansas, an 18-year-old has died of his wounds in an area hospital, according to police.
Anderson Murcia-Cartagena was shot along with two other people in the Riverview neighborhood of KCK on March 26.
Police responded to the 1600 block of Ridge Avenue near South 16th Street around 9 p.m. on March 26, according to Nancy Chartrand, a Kansas City, Kansas Police Department spokesperson. They discovered Murcia-Cartagena and two others with gunshot wounds, with two of the victims lying in the street and one inside a nearby car.
The two other shooting victims were still recovering in the hospital as of Thursday, according to Chartrand.
KCKPD is still investigating the shooting, according to Chartrand, and has not taken anyone into custody. Chartrand previously said that officers believe the alleged shooter or shooters fled the scene before the police arrived.
Murcia-Cartagena’s death is the fourth homicide reported in Kansas City, Kansas, this year, according to data collected by The Star. At this time last year, five homicides had been reported in the city, according to Star data.
Previous reporting by Kendrick Calfee contributed to this coverage.
