KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Olathe police have determined the two teens killed Saturday near South Strang Line and Rogers roads shot each other.
In an update released Thursday, the department shared the incident was isolated to the inside of a vehicle with occupants Monterrio Spencer Jr., 18, and Jessica Hicks, 19.
Police say the incident began in a parking lot in the 16700 block of West 127th Street and “continued until the car came to rest outside of a salon in the 12500 block of Rogers Road.”
Hicks was located deceased at the scene, and Spencer was taken to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Detectives concluded Spencer and Hicks shot each other, but the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.
Investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
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