KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police are investigating an early Wednesday afternoon shooting that left a Kansas City, Missouri, trash department employee injured.
Just before 1 p.m., police were notified of the shooting in the area of East 43rd Street and Montgall Avenue.
The worker's injuries are not life-threatening.
The shooting is not related to his work on a trash truck crew, a police spokesman said.
Detectives are investigating, but are not actively searching for a person of interest in the shooting, according to the police department spokesman.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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