Kansas City police are investigating after a triple homicide overnight on Wednesday.
Police identified the victims as Kevin Murrell, 34, Chad Cain, 28, and Cortez Hanley, 28. Family members told 41 Action News Cain also went by Mike.
Officers were called to the 7100 block of Monroe on a shooting around 1 a.m.
When officers arrived, they found three men injured inside a car that was parked in front of a home. The Kansas City Fire Department responded and declared all three victims dead at the scene.
“I heard 20 gunshots and my mom got up because she was very scared,” Robert Bonds, who lives nearby said.
Some neighbors woke up to gunshots.
"Enormous, thunderous gunshots. I don't know, what is it a backfire or was it a regular pistol? I just know that it was something hard and something impactful," said Anthony Thompson.
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Thompson said he walks his son to school each morning, just past where the shooting happened.
"This is not a norm. I have been living here 49 years. This is not normal, know what I mean? Forty-nine years we've never had a triple homicide," he said.
Police also taped off a second scene at a house on Askew that backs up next to the property.
“We will let the fact lead us in this investigation,” Sgt. Kari Thompson, a KCPD spokeswoman told 41 Action News Wednesday.
Police said the investigation is in the early stages. They are exploring every possible motive -- including if this was gang-related.
We first heard about one of the victims, Cortez Hanley, back in 2011. That's when federal prosecutors filed charges against the then 23-year-old man for his involvement with Kansas City’s "Click Clack" gang.
“We have got to do something Kansas City, we've got to stop the violence in our city,” Thompson said.
There is no suspect information at this time.
“Just let the police know you’re not telling on anybody but you’re helping the police, they need to know what’s going on,” Lee Kelly, who lives nearby, told 41 Action News.
According to investigators, there have been 60 homicides so far this year in Kansas City, Missouri. At this time last year that number was lower at 45.
Anyone with information on this triple homicide is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
