UPDATE, April 1 | Kansas City, Missouri, police said the victims were 32-year-old Derrick D. Rhodes and 29-year-old Aminah C. Johnson. Investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
ORIGINAL STORY | Two people were shot to death Monday afternoon in south Kansas City, Missouri.
The shooting happened at about 1:50 p.m. in the 9800 block of Marsh Avenue.
When officers arrived, they located a man and a woman with gunshot wounds in front of a residence.
Both were transported to an area hospital to be treated for life-threatening injuries.
A short time later, police were notified the victims had died.
Police said an adult male subject of interest was taken into custody at the scene for questioning.
The preliminary investigation of the incident found a disturbance took place at the residence between "multiple subjects known to each other" before shots were fired, per KCPD.
Officers are not looking for additional suspects.
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