Woman critically injured in Friday evening shooting, according to Kansas City police
A woman was severely wounded during an early Friday evening shooting in Kansas City’s Northeast Industrial District, according to police.
Just before 5:30 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of North Rochester and Prospect avenues in response to a shooting call, Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for Kansas City police, said in an email. Arriving officers found a woman there outside near the street with a gunshot wound.
She told police there she had been shot by a person in the area. Detailed suspect information was not immediately known, Becchina said.
The Kansas City Police Department is investigating the shooting.
Bill Lukitsch
The Kansas City Star