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Man suffers critical injuries in shooting Sunday night in Grandview, police say

Grandview police are investigating a shooting that left one man hospitalized late Sunday.

Just before 8 p.m. Sunday, Grandview police were called to a reported shooting in the area of High Grove Road and Spring Street, Capt. Ryan Sharp, a spokesman with the Grandview Police Department, said in a news release.

There, officers found a man, believed to be in his 40s, suffering from a gunshot wound, Sharp said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Sharp said no suspect information was available as of late Sunday.

Several hours earlier, officers responded to a reported shooting about 1:40 p.m. in the area of Byars Road and East 129th Street, where they found a vehicle crashed into a tree, Sharp said.

The apparent driver was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Sharp said in a separate news release. The victim, a man in his early 20s, died at the scene.

Police asked anyone with information on either shooting to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre covers breaking news for the Kansas City Star. Before joining The Star in 2020, she covered crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. Spoerre is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she studied journalism.
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