Victim robbed, shot in Kansas City’s Waldo neighborhood Tuesday morning, police said
A person was robbed and shot early Tuesday in Kansas City’s Waldo neighborhood, police said.
Police responded to a shooting call just after 5:30 a.m. in the area of West 74th Terrace and Broadway Street, Capt. Leslie Foreman, a spokeswoman with the Kansas City Police Department, said in an email.
At the scene, officers found a shooting victim in a parking lot, Foreman said. The victim told police he was sitting in his car when two suspects approached him.
“The suspect took the victim’s property and then fired a shot, striking the victim,” according to the initial police report.
The victim, a male, was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, police said. The victim’s age was not given.
No information was immediately available on the two suspects, who fled the scene.
This story was originally published July 20, 2021 at 10:26 AM.
