KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating a deadly triple shooting that left a child critically injured Monday afternoon.
KCPD officers responded around 1:45 p.m. to the 2500 block of Hardesty Avenue on reports of shots fired.
While en route, the call was upgraded to a shooting.
When police arrived, they found three people, including a child under 5-years-old, who had been shot.
The incident left one adult dead, and another adult victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The child is in critical condition as of Tuesday morning, according to KCPD.
There was a second child inside the home who was not injured in the shooting.
As of Monday, the city has now recorded 120 homicides for 2022.
In 2020, the city's record homicide year, there were 147 homicides by late September and 179 total. In 2021, the city's second highest, there were 111 homicides by late September and 157 total.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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For jurisdictions that utilize the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, anonymous tips can be made by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.
