One person shot, critically injured at convenience store in Kansas City
A person was shot and critically injured late Wednesday morning inside a convenience store in the city’s Oak Park Southeast neighborhood, according to the Kansas City Police Department.
Around 10:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to a shooting at the Blue Valley Market at 4300 Cleveland Ave., said Officer Donna Drake, a spokeswoman for the department. Responding officers found a victim with gunshot wounds inside the business, Drake said.
The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police have yet to release any information about the victim or a suspect.
A clerk who answered the phone at the store Wednesday afternoon said she was not on duty when the shooting occurred, but she said the person shot was not a store employee. She said the store was open for business that afternoon.
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