Crime

Security guards fatally shoot person during disturbance outside bar in Kansas City

Two security guards with an Overland Park firm were charged with murder in a fatal shooting in June outside the Yum Yum Bar in Kansas City.
Two security guards with an Overland Park firm were charged with murder in a fatal shooting in June outside the Yum Yum Bar in Kansas City.

Security guards fatally shot a person Friday night during a disturbance outside a bar near East 24th Street and Van Brunt Boulevard in Kansas City, according to police.

The shooting was reported shortly before 11 p.m. in the 5300 block of East 24th Street.

Police responding to the shooting learned that security guards had shot a person during a disturbance outside a bar called The Yum Yum at 5304 E. 24th St.

The person who was shot was taken to a hospital and was later declared dead.

The security guards were not injured.

Kansas City police spokesman Capt. Lionel Colón said on Sunday that police are investigating the shooting.

This story was originally published July 1, 2018 at 12:38 PM.

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