UPDATE, Jan. 10 | Police have identified the victim as 18-year-old Trinity L. Vogel of Kansas City, Missouri. Police say a person initially taken into custody following the shooting has since been released pending further investigation.
EARLIER | One person died in a shooting Saturday near the Stoney Creek Hotel in Independence, Missouri.
The Independence Police Department responded to reports of a shooting around 10:56 a.m. at 18011 East Bass Pro Drive.
Guests staying at the Stoney Creek Hotel looked out a hotel window in the morning and witnessed a group of people prowling near their car, according to IPD.
The guests confronted the group, and a fight ensued.
Police say a woman seen in the group near the vehicle was shot during the altercation by one of the guests.
Eyewitnesses tell IPD a vehicle containing the woman and two other individuals began to drive away after the shooting, but the woman fell out of the vehicle into the parking lot. The two other individuals in the vehicle left the scene.
Officers arrived at the hotel and located the woman in the parking lot with gunshot wounds.
Life saving measures were attempted on the woman and she was transported to an area hospital, where she died.
One person of interest in the shooting is in custody, police say.
IPD is investigating the shooting.
This story is developing and may be updated.
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