KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police said six victims were identified after a shooting at Swope Park Sunday night.
According to Captain Dave Jackson, a Kansas City police spokesman, officers were called to the park around 8:30 p.m..
Jackson told FOX4, while officers were on their way to the scene, five shooting victims arrived at a nearby hospital. Another victim drove home and called police from their residence.
“We need to slow the violence, so my kids can have a future,” Ron Hunt, a community leader, said during a news conference on Monday, Sept. 7. “We are all sitting targets because everyone feels like its not happening in their neighborhoods.”
The victims’ injuries were not believed to be life threatening, Jackson said.
At the park Sunday night, police located a large crime scene and multiple witnesses.
No arrests have been announced, and the investigation was ongoing Monday morning.
