One Dead, 5 Others Injured in Kansas City Shooting: Police

One Dead, 5 Others Injured in Kansas City Shooting: Police
The intersection of Prospect Avenue and East 70th Street in Kansas City, Mo., in June 2022. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—One man was killed and five others were hospitalized with bullet wounds after gunfire broke out at a large after-hours gathering in Kansas City, Missouri early Monday, police said.

Kansas City police said officers were patrolling Prospect Avenue just before 2 a.m. when they heard gunshots in the crowd, and a man told police he had been shot, spokesperson Alayna Gonzalez said in a statement. An ambulance took him to a local hospital. Nearby, police found another man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.