KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department officers responded to two shootings Saturday morning that took place about 10 minutes apart and one mile away from one another.
The first shooting was reported at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Drury Avenue.
Upon arrival to the scene, officers located a male victim who was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police later updated that the man, identified as 28-year-old Leroy M. Purkett, died from injuries.
There are no persons of interest in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
Shortly after 10:40 a.m., a second shooting occurred at Gladstone Boulevard and Brighton Avenue - about 1 mile away from the scene of the initial shooting.
Police determined that one person suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the second shooting.
The two shootings are not believed to be related.
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