POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE OF WHAT WAS DISPATCHED AS "A MULTIPLE (VICTIM) SHOOTING" IN THE 5500 BLOCK OF PALOMA IN EASTERN KANSAS CITY, MO..THE CALL CAME IN AT 8:49AM AND POLICE HAD TO BREAK DOWN A DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE STRUCTURE.
AT LEAST ONE DEAD PERSON AND POSSIBLY MORE ARE FOUND INSIDE AND HOMICIDE DETECTIVES WERE ORDERED.
"ONE SMALL CHILD" WAS DETECTED "STILL BREATHING" BY POLICE AROUND 9:10 AM. MAST SOON TRANSPORTED THIS VICTIM - "A 5-6-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH A GUNSHOT TO THE ROOF OF HIS MOUTH" - TO A TRAUMA CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS.
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Police: Man Kills 5, Self in Kansas City
Dec 16, 12:37 PM (ET)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -A man killed five people, including three of his children, before fatally shooting himself Saturday morning, and a fourth child was in the hospital with life-threatening wounds, police said.
The man killed one woman Friday night, then shot his longtime girlfriend, their four children and himself Saturday morning, Capt. Rich Lockhart said.
Police did not immediately identify the shooter or the women. Relatives identified the shooter's girlfriend as Shanika King, who was in her 30s.
The slain children were a 1-year-old boy, 11-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl, police said. An 8-year-old boy was in critical condition.
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