Two people were killed in a shooting in the Fairwood and Robandee neighbourhoods of south Kansas City on Friday evening, according to police. Officers were initially dispatched to the area of East 92nd Terrace and James A.
Reed Road shortly before 7:30 p.m. for an injury accident, but while on their way, the call was upgraded to a shooting with a victim, according to Capt. Jake Becchina, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman. Officers discovered a man who had been shot outside a vehicle, he added.
Officers were also told of a vehicle that had crashed near the intersection of East 93rd Street and James A. Reed Road, where they discovered another guy who had been shot. According to Becchina, both males were certified dead at the site on Friday evening. Homicide detectives are looking into the shootings, he added.
“They are conducting area canvases and looking for any potential witnesses to determine the sequence of events that led to the shooting,” the officer stated. “Additionally crime scene investigators are processing the scene for evidence to hopefully give detectives a better idea of what led up to the shooting.”
Anyone with information on the incident can contact investigators at 816-234-5043 or call the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.
The fatalities marked Kansas City’s 58th and 59th homicides of the year, according to data monitored by The Star, which includes deadly police shootings. By this point in 2024, the city had registered 55 killings. Last year, the city had 147 homicides.
Reference: Police investigating shooting that left two men dead in south Kansas City
