Man Killed in Early-Morning Shooting on Kansas City's East 59th Street After Altercation; One Man Detained for Questioning
Kansas City police in Jackson County, Missouri, responded at about 1:15 a.m. on November 1 to a shooting near East 59th Street and Kensington Avenue. Officers arrived to find a large, screaming crowd and an adult male victim lying in the street with gunshot wounds and unresponsive. Officers began life-saving measures, and medics took the victim to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to preliminary information the Kansas City Police Department released to local media, the victim and a person of interest had argued outdoors before the dispute turned into a shooting. An adult male person of interest was located and detained for further questioning. Homicide detectives and crime scene personnel collected evidence and interviewed witnesses; the case is being investigated as a homicide and remains ongoing. Police have not released the names of the victim or the detained man, nor said whether charges have been filed. Anyone who heard or saw anything in the area that night can contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the anonymous TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
In a separate statement, the Kansas City Police Department said a second shooting in the Penn Valley Park area the same morning left one person dead and two others arriving at hospitals with wounds; police say it was a separate, unrelated incident being investigated independently.
(Source: KCTV5)
Source: KCTV5
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