Jun 06, 2020

1 killed, 4 hurt in Kansas City jazz district shooting

Posted Jun 06, 2020 8:14 PM

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and four were injured in a shooting in a historic jazz district in Kansas City.

Police responded around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to the shooting in the 18th and Vine district, near the American Jazz Museum, which draws thousands of visitors every year.

Kansas City Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jacob Becchina said officers also went to a nearby hospital, where several shooting victims had arrived.

Police didn't immediately release the name of the man who was killed. The other four victims, three men and one woman, were in stable condition.