Two men shot and killed at south Kansas City apartment Tuesday night
Update: Kansas City police released the names and ages of the victims in an emailed statement Wednesday.
Two men were found dead in a south Kansas City apartment after police were called to investigate a shooting late Tuesday night.
Officers were called to the Park Meadows apartment complex in the 7900 block of Manchester Avenue for a reported shooting.
Capt. Tim Hernandez, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman, said arriving officers found two men dead inside an apartment. Both had been shot.
Police identified the victims Wednesday as 20-year-old Dajuan Reese and 44-year-old Rance R. Burton.
No arrests have been announced. Hernandez said police detained a few people for questioning.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kansas City Police Department Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
The two deaths marked the third and fourth homicides reported in a span of 24 hours in Kansas City.
About 10:35 p.m. Monday, a 41-year-old man, Antwain Foster, was found shot to death in the area of East 29th Street and Park Avenue E.
Earlier Tuesday, around 3:15 p.m., one person died and another was injured in a shooting near Blue Ridge Boulevard and East 80th Terrace.
This story was originally published September 11, 2019 at 1:02 AM.
