Emergency services were called at 12:52 a.m. to the 6300 block of Raytown Road where the victim was located in a car near the Irish Pub House.
Shot in "the upper left chest-" the young man's condition was very critical as he was enroute to a Metro hospital.
The KC-MO police helicopter was sent to search the area of the old railroad tracks "between 59th and 63rd Street" to search for "two black males-" possible suspects who "bailed-out from a car" relating to this incident.
Police also have a residence under surveillance in the 6600 block of Hardy- also possibly relating to this shooting.