Crime

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in shooting at Independence apartment complex

A shooting Monday left a man in Independence with life-threatening injuries.

The Independence Police Department was called at 11:35 a.m. to a shooting at an apartment complex in the 500 block of North Peck Court.

A man was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening wounds, the department posted on social media.

No suspect information was immediately available. The incident remains under investigation.

This story was originally published June 8, 2021 at 5:00 PM.

Katie Moore
The Kansas City Star
Katie Moore was an enterprise and accountability reporter for The Star. She covered justice issues, including policing, prison conditions and the death penalty. She is a University of Kansas graduate and began her career as a reporter in 2015 in her hometown of Topeka, Kansas.
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