Man shot in Kansas City taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police say
Kansas City police are investigating after one person was injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting in the 8500 block of 93rd Street.
Officers were called to the area just before 3 p.m., Kansas City Police Department spokeswoman Sarah Boyd said in an email.
When police arrived, Boyd said, they found one man in the street suffering from a gunshot wound.
The man was brought to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Witnesses told police he had been arguing with another person before the shooting, Boyd said.
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This story was originally published October 15, 2020 at 5:46 PM.
