Saturday, May 23, 2009

Shooting at KC-MO Dance Hall - Possible Suicide In Midtown



A
party at the El Torreon Dance Hall- the former Cowtown Ballroom- turned violent early Saturday morning.


Around 12:05 am- MAST-EMS dispatchers had become concerned that they could not reach one of their units by radio. The unit had been last heard from at the El Torreon at 31st Street and Gillham Road.

Sounding their system emergency or "a 10-38"- police and fire department units rushed toward the area.

At 12:12 am- the shooting was reported.

It turns out a 21-year-old male had been shot in the buttocks- with the bullet exiting near the man's groin- a paramedic said.

The man was transported to a nearby medical trauma center in serious condition.

Police say the victim "refused to press charges" against the shooter- who police may have apprehended at the scene while they sorted through the departing crowd.

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About 40 minutes later came the report of a person who had "shot themselves" inside "a silver Acura with (a) Johnson County KS (license plate)" near 43rd Street and Walnut in front of a laundrymat.

Officers arrived a short time later and found that person dead inside the car.

The incident was being investigated as a suicide according to KC-MO police.
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