One dead in Kansas City shooting Monday; search warrant operation called at residence

Kansas City police called a tactical operation on Monday after a fatal shooting that unfolded in broad daylight in the 6800 block of Bellefontaine Avenue.

Capt. Corey Carlisle, a KCPD spokesman, said officers were dispatched to the area around 3:30 p.m. on a report of shots fired. A gunshot victim was found in the street, he said.

The victim, described as a male, was pronounced dead at the scene. Carlisle said it was not immediately clear whether the victim was an adult or a juvenile.

Tactical officers bearing assault rifles were called out to the scene along with armored vehicles. Police were attempting to establish communication with whoever may be inside a residence through use of a bullhorn.

It was not known whether anyone was actually inside the residence. Carlisle said tactical officers were on scene to assist with the execution of a search warrant that was being requested by detectives Monday afternoon.

Neighbors, meanwhile, said they believed the shooting victim was a teenage boy who lived in the neighborhood.

The shooting Monday was the second reported in the area. A second shooting that left a man critically injured unfolded roughly six blocks away around 4 p.m.

Later Monday evening, Carlisle said police officers were dispatched to a medical call near 75th and Askew Avenue. Police searched the area, did not locate anyone in need of help, and then relocated to 73rd and Indiana where a gunshot victim was found, Carlisle said.

The gunshot victim, an adult male, was taken to the hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

Tactical response teams were conducting a standoff operation at a nearby apartment complex, Carlisle said, where police suspected the suspects were.

As of Monday evening, Carlisle said police did not believe the two shootings were related.

Police were asking anyone with information about the fatal shooting earlier Monday to contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that a standoff operation had been called in the 6800 block of Bellefontaine. The standoff operation was called in regard to a separate shooting near 73rd Street and Indiana Avenue, roughly six blocks away.