One person is in critical condition after they were shot Saturday morning, Kansas City police said.

Police responded just after 11:30 a.m. to East 26th Street and Cleveland Avenue where they found the victim lying on the front porch of a home with “an apparent gunshot wound to the head/neck,” Kansas City Police Department spokesman Capt. Dave Jackson said in a statement.

Witnesses told police the suspect drove by in a gray or white car, fired shots at the victim and then fled the scene.

No suspect information was available.

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Cortlynn Stark

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Cortlynn Stark writes about finance and the economy for The Sum. She is a Certified Financial Education Instructor℠ with the National Financial Educators Council. She previously covered City Hall for The Kansas City Star and joined The Star in January 2020 as a breaking news reporter. Cortlynn studied journalism and Spanish at Missouri State University.