Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man inside a car early Sunday morning in South Kansas City.
According to the Kansas City Police Department, police were dispatched to the Longview Road and Belmont Avenue neighborhood at 1 a.m. to investigate a shooting.
When KCPD arrived, they discovered an unresponsive male with gunshot wounds inside a car.
Officers started conducting life-saving procedures until medical personnel arrived and took over treatment. They then sent the victim to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he died soon after arrival.
One person was arrested on the scene and brought in for questioning.
According to preliminary investigations, the victim was inside a home previous to the shooting and engaged in an “interaction” with one or more others. The altercation continued outside the house, where the victim entered a parked automobile before being shot.
Homicide detectives are currently seeking witnesses and evidence at the crime scene. They are not looking for any other suspects at the moment.
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