KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One victim of a gunfight May 6 outside an Overland Park hotel died from injuries, the Overland Park Police Department announced Wednesday.
Police identified the victim as Damon Payton, of Chicago, Illinois.
OPPD said a suspect in the shooting has been identified but is not in custody.
Around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, Overland Park officers responded to reports of an armed disturbance in the parking lot of a hotel in the 7500 block of Shawnee Mission Parkway.
Police found one victim suffering from gunshot wounds. The individual was transported to an area hospital with critical injuries.
A short time later, police found a vehicle in the area with two individuals who also had been struck by gunfire. They were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
An investigation from the Overland Park Police Department determined a verbal disturbance between two pairs of people outside the hotel led to a gunfight. On May 17, police said the shooting was believed to be a contained incident — everyone involved was accounted for.
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