1 dead, multiple in custody after shooting near Central High School

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One individual is lifeless and a number of other individuals are in custody following a capturing Tuesday night time exterior Central Excessive College in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.

The shooting was reported simply after 7 p.m. at a BP fuel station close to Linwood Boulevard and Indiana Avenue.

Police mentioned officers within the space heard a gunshot adopted by a number of extra and located a number of individuals capturing at one another.

Three individuals have been taken into custody.

The sufferer, recognized as an grownup male, was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

“All the pieces occurred tremendous fast,” mentioned Capt. Leslie Foreman with KCPD. “Thankfully, officers have been proper there, have been in a position to get some vehicles stopped, get some individuals detained, and sadly one individual is deceased.”

“It was an trade of gunfire right here on the BP,” mentioned witness Adriane Shackelford. “That they had a shootout, mainly, after which vehicles pulled off and choppers went up.”

No different victims within the capturing have been reported.

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Central Excessive College held its commencement ceremony late Tuesday afternoon on the campus of College of Missouri-Kansas Metropolis. It’s not clear right now if anybody with the college was concerned.

Anybody with data on the incident is requested to name the TIPS Hotline at (816)4748477.