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Teen killed in double shooting late Tuesday morning in south Kansas City

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A teenager was killed and another person injured in a shooting late Tuesday morning in south Kansas City, Missouri, police said.

Officers were called to the 9600 block of Ditman Way just before 10:45 a.m.

On arrival, officers found two men who'd been shot in front of a home in the area.

Both men were transported to an area hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries.

The victim killed in the shooting was identified by police as 18-year-old Tondre Turner.

The second man suffered injuries not considered to be life-threatening, police said.

A preliminary investigation found Turner arrived at the home before the shooting and an altercation ensued.

The altercation later escalated and both Turner and the other man exchanged gunfire.

Both of the men were known to one another, police said.