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Teen killed after report of car prowler turns into shooting in Kansas City Missouri

A reported car prowler brought officers to the area of Truman Rd. and Hardesty Ave.

Teen killed after report of car prowler turns into shooting in Kansas City Missouri

A reported car prowler brought officers to the area of Truman Rd. and Hardesty Ave.

RADAR WEATHER ALERTS, MUCH MORE. ALL AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. IT’S FREE. JUST SEARCH KMB, ABC IN YOUR APP STORE. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE THIRD HOMICIDE SINCE THE START OF THE WEEKEND. LET’S GO TO KMBC NINES. MARTIN. AUGUSTINE LIVE THIS MORNING WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO ABOUT THIS LATEST DEADLY INCIDENT. MARTIN. YEAH. GOOD MORNING. LATER THIS MORNING, EVIDENCE GATHERED AT A SCENE NEAR TRUMAN AND HARDESTY WILL BE EXAMINED HERE AT THE KANSAS CITY CRIME LAB THAT COULD LEAD DETECTIVES IN ANY NUMBER OF DIRECTIONS. BUT AT THIS POINT, DETECTIVE DOES BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE INVOLVED. AND SOMETHING ABOUT THAT INTERACTION ON IN OR AROUND THIS GAS STATION ESCALATED. TO GUNFIRE. NOW, THE FIRST HINT OF TROUBLE DID NOT SEEM TO BE VIOLENT. A CALL TO POLICE THAT SOMEONE HERE IN THE AREA OF TRUMAN AND HARDESTY WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO CARS, BUT AS OFFICERS WERE ON THE WAY, THEY GOT WORD OF GUNFIRE. AND ONCE THEY ROLLED IN, THEY FOUND A MAN WHO HAD BEEN KILLED, AS WELL AS ANOTHER MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND WHO’S NOW RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE FOR A NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURY. KEEP IN MIND THE INFORMATION WE’RE TELLING YOU ABOUT THAT THIS BEGAN WITH AN INTERACTION OF SEVERAL PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST WORKING THEORY DETECTIVES ARE PURSUING BASED ON THEIR INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE CONSIDERED TO BE WITNESSES. WE ARE ALSO TOLD THAT DETECTIVES ARE, AND WE’RE QUOTING HERE FROM POLICE, ACTIVELY WORKING ON IDENTIFYING
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Teen killed after report of car prowler turns into shooting in Kansas City Missouri

A reported car prowler brought officers to the area of Truman Rd. and Hardesty Ave.

A teen is dead after an overnight shooting in Kansas City, Missouri. It happened just after 1:00 A.M. Monday.Officers were called to the area of Truman and Hardesty Avenue on a reported car prowler. On the way to the crime scene, the call was updated to a shooting. When officers arrived, they found an adult male victim suffering from gunshot wounds in a nearby business parking lot. EMS arrived on the scene and declared the victim deceased. He has been identified as 17-year-old Jesus Mendoza. Police also found another man who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe there was an interaction between several people that led to the gunfire. Detectives are actively working on identifying a person of interest. If you know anything that can help police, call the Crimestoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

A teen is dead after an overnight shooting in Kansas City, Missouri.

It happened just after 1:00 A.M. Monday.

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Officers were called to the area of Truman and Hardesty Avenue on a reported car prowler. On the way to the crime scene, the call was updated to a shooting.

When officers arrived, they found an adult male victim suffering from gunshot wounds in a nearby business parking lot. EMS arrived on the scene and declared the victim deceased.

He has been identified as 17-year-old Jesus Mendoza.

Police also found another man who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators believe there was an interaction between several people that led to the gunfire.

Detectives are actively working on identifying a person of interest.

If you know anything that can help police, call the Crimestoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.