Crime

Police: 18-year-old killed, two injured in shooting during Warrensburg house party

An 18-year-old woman was killed and two were injured in a triple shooting police said happened during a large house party in Warrensburg, Missouri, Saturday morning.

In a Facebook post just after 3 a.m. the Warrensburg Police Department reported that officers had been called to the 400 block of Grover Street.

When they arrived, the post said, three shooting victims were found. An 18-year-old woman was found dead in an ally behind the house. Two other victims, a 20-year-old man and 17-year-old woman, were brought to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Warrensburg Officers today (Saturday, 08/01) were called to the 400 block of Grover to investigate a shooting. When the...

Posted by Warrensburg Police Department on Saturday, August 1, 2020

Initial investigation, police said, indicates that a fight broke out at a large party and a man pulled out a gun and began shooting.

Police are still gathering suspect information, the post said.

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Katie Bernard
The Kansas City Star
Katie Bernard covered Kansas politics and government for the Kansas City Star from 20219-2024. Katie was part of the team that won the Headliner award for political coverage in 2023.
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