Update | KCPD identified the victim in this case as 15-year-old Terrell Bell.
Original Story |A 15-year-old teen died after being shot Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri.
KCPD officers responded shortly after 2:30 p.m. to the area of 109th Street and Sycamore Terrace, near Sycamore Park, on a reported shooting.
The teen initially suffered life-threatening injuries, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
Family members told 41 Action News reporter Andres Gutierrez the victim was a 15-year-old student at Ruskin High School.
There is no additional information at this time.
One person is dead in a shooting at @KCMOParks’s Sycamore Park.
One neighbor said she heard three gunshots then saw a group who was here with their children run for cover.@kcpolice’s homicide squad, crime scene technicians and spokesperson en route.@41actionnews pic.twitter.com/WZyW2UIkgO
— Andres Gutierrez (@AFGutierrez) June 8, 2021
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