Global Courant
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –
At least three people were found dead and at least five others were reported injured, Missouri police said while investigating two multiple-victim shootings in the same Kansas City area early Sunday morning.
Officers were called to the intersection of 57th Street and Prospect Avenue just after 4:30 a.m. when they found three shooting victims — two men and a woman — dead in a parking lot and on the street, the Kansas City Police Department said in a press release.
Police were told that five other victims of the shooting with injuries that were not life-threatening have arrived at different hospitals by private vehicles or ambulances, the department said. “Preliminary information indicates there was a large group of people in a parking lot near the intersection when the victims were shot,” the department said.
The investigation indicates the meeting took place outside an auto mechanic known to host informal after-hours gatherings, even though there is no licensed club, bar or restaurant at that location, police spokesman Jake Becchina said in an email.
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas posted on Twitter: “My condolences to the families of three people who were killed this morning in a shooting at an apparent after-hours meeting near 57 and Prospect. If the company knew individuals would be present, without security, selling alcohol and thwarting our laws, that business should be shut down.”
There were no immediate arrests, Becchina said. He added that police also responded to a nearby shooting on Prospect Avenue near 31st Street around 3 a.m. in which at least one person suffered life-threatening injuries.
