Shooting leaves two men dead late Sunday in east Kansas City
Update: On July 30, the victims were identified by Kansas City police as 31-year-old Montae Robertson and 27-year-old Steven Parsons. No arrests have been announced in the case.
Kansas City police are investigating the shooting deaths of two men found late Sunday in the 2100 block of Monroe Avenue.
The shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. Police officers were nearby, heard the gunfire, and responded directly, according to the police department.
Arriving officers found two shooting victims. One man was found in an alley behind several apartments and the other was located at a nearby intersection. Officers rendered first-aid until paramedics arrived and declared the men dead, said Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a police spokesman.
Details of what led the shooting were not immediately available. No suspect information was released.
Police, homicide detectives and crime scene investigators conducted an extensive search of the immediate area. Because officers were so close to the shooting, they closed an area of several blocks to search for the shooters.
“Detectives are knocking on doors and trying to find as many witnesses as they can,” Becchina said.
Anyone with information was asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
This story was originally published July 29, 2019 at 12:14 AM.
