KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police report one person was killed and a second was injured in a shooting late Tuesday night.
Officers said they were called to the area of 55th and Prospect at about 11:30 p.m. when they heard the sound of gunfire across the highway to their east.
At 55th and South Benton, police found two shooting victims, one man and one woman.
Police said both victims were taken to the hospital.
The woman is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The man, identified later as 39-year-old Shroy Lapsely, had more serious injuries.
He died at the hospital around 1 a.m., per KCPD.
Police have not identified a possible suspect.
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