Two juveniles found fatally shot early Friday near Kansas City, Kansas, middle school
Two juveniles were found dead in a double homicide early Friday in Kansas City, Kansas.
Police were dispatched on a shooting call at an apartment in the 2200 block of Birch Drive, according to Officer Thomas Tomasic, a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department.
When officers arrived, they found two boys inside who had been shot. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The homicide took place across the street from Argentine Middle School. There was no school Friday as Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools already had a scheduled day off for students.
The names and ages of the victims has not been released yet.
The homicides are the city’s seventh and eighth of this year, according to data compiled by The Star. Three youths have died in homicides in Kansas City, Kansas, this year. On Jan. 29, 15-year-old José Garcia Muñoz was found fatally shot in a home in the 200 block of South 14th Street.
Police ask anyone with information on the double homicide to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-8477.
This story was originally published February 18, 2022 at 7:20 AM.
