Teen hospitalized after shots fired from passing vehicle in Kansas City, Kansas
A 16-year-old was shot Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas. He was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries, police said.
Members of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department were called just after 7:30 p.m. to the 1400 block of Kansas Avenue on a shooting, Nancy Chartrand, a police spokeswoman, said in a Sunday evening news release.
There they found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle. He was taken to the hospital. The passenger in the car, another minor, was not injured.
The 16-year-old was driving westbound on Kansas Avenue when someone in a vehicle traveling the opposite direction began shooting in the direction of the teen, police said.
The suspect vehicle fled.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
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This story was originally published July 20, 2020 at 7:59 AM.
