Crime

Juvenile killed, two more injured in triple shooting in KCK

A juvenile was killed and two more injured in a shooting early Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas.

Officers with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department responded to a shooting in the 2300 block of Birch Drive, said Officer Jonathon Westbrook, a spokesman for the department.

Police discovered two juveniles who had been shot by an unknown person. One of them suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening, police said. The second juvenile died of his injuries in what is being considered a homicide, Westbrook said.

A third juvenile was dropped off at a local hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.

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

This story was originally published July 21, 2019 at 8:02 AM.

Katie Moore
The Kansas City Star
Katie Moore was an enterprise and accountability reporter for The Star. She covered justice issues, including policing, prison conditions and the death penalty. She is a University of Kansas graduate and began her career as a reporter in 2015 in her hometown of Topeka, Kansas.
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