Victim of Tuesday night shooting reported to be a child, Kansas City police say
Kansas City police were investigating after a victim reported to be a child was struck by gunfire in a vehicle Tuesday night.
The shooting was reported around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Truman Road and Winchester Avenue in Kansas City.
According to Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a Kansas City police spokesman, a police officer working off duty in the area reported seeing someone firing shots out of a moving vehicle toward another vehicle on Truman Road.
The off-duty officer contacted dispatch for additional police officers, who located what appeared to be a crime scene on Truman Road.
Around the same time, police also received a 911 call from a person inside one of the vehicles who said someone had been shot.
Shortly after, a shooting victim was located almost three miles away in Independence. Police officers from Independence found in the 1300 block of Ash Avenue a vehicle with an injured person inside.
The victim is thought to be a child under the age of 10, Becchina said.
The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The investigation was ongoing Tuesday night.
No other injuries have been reported and no arrests have been announced.
This story was originally published March 31, 2020 at 9:45 PM.
