1 dead, 1 other stable after shooting near Kansas City police east patrol station
Kansas City police were investigating a homicide reported Sunday, the third this weekend.
Officer Donna Drake, a spokeswoman with the Kansas City Police Department, told media in an email that a homicide investigation was underway near the intersection at East 27th Street and Brooklyn Avenue.
Around 2 p.m. officers were called to the area on reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found two victims inside a vehicle who were suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds, Drake said in an email.
Both victims were transported to an area hospital where one of the victims was pronounced dead. The other victim was listed as in stable condition.
The site of the shooting is about a block west of the police department’s East Patrol Division Station.
Detectives and crime scene personnel responded to the scene and processed it for evidence and canvassed for witnesses.
The homicide marks Kansas City’s 28th killing this year, according to data maintained by The Star. There were 157 killings in 2021, the second deadliest year in the city’s recorded history.
Police are asking anyone with information about the homicide to contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or through the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the case.
This story was originally published March 6, 2022 at 3:14 PM.
