KCPD investigating after child shot near 33rd, Bales Avenue
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri police detectives are investigating a shooting Wednesday involving a child.
The shooting was reported just after 7 p.m. in the area of E. 33rd Street and Bales Avenue, near Central High School, according to police.
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Police said the victim is under the age of 10.
KCPD tells FOX4 the juvenile victim is currently in critical condition.
According to KCPD, preliminary information is believed gunshots were fired in the area and the child was struck.
This is the third shooting involving a child in the last week. On Tuesday night, a 5-year-old boy, Mari Scott, died in a shooting at a home near I-435 and Eastwood Trafficway. KCPD considers that shooting to “be an accident.”
Last week, 11-year-old Kourtney Freeman died in a shooting at a home near E. 33rd Street and Flora Avenue.
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Anyone with information can call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-8477.
