After triple shooting in KC, injured men tell police they didn’t see attacker
Three people, including an 18-year-old, were injured Tuesday night during a shooting in Kansas City, according to police.
Officers responded to the shooting about 11:30 p.m. near East 24th and Quincy streets, where they found three men injured. Two of the victims were ages 24 and 20, police said.
The men told police they were walking in the area when they were struck by gunfire, according to Officer Darin Snapp, a Kansas City police spokesman. They told officers they did not see anything, Snapp said.
The three were taken to a hospital.
No suspect information was released.
As of Tuesday morning, the police department had recorded 262 nonfatal gunshot victims so far this year, according to Deputy Chief Roger Lewis. That was up from 229 at this same time last year, he said during a Board of Police Commissioners meeting.
