Double shooting in Kansas City, Kansas, leaves 1 dead, another critically injured
One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a double shooting Sunday evening in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a police spokesman.
Officers responded to the shooting about 7 p.m. in the 2300 block of Grandview Boulevard and found a woman in her 20s lying in the driveway of a home, according to Officer Nick Sanders, a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
Officers also found the body of a male victim, whose age was not immediately available, inside the home. He had been shot. The woman was taken to a hospital where she was in critical condition, Sanders said in the release.
The killing is the 54th homicide of the year in Kansas City, Kansas, according to data kept by The Star. That compares to 34 homicides reported by this time in 2019.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating the double shooting and asks anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
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This story was originally published December 21, 2020 at 10:02 AM.
