Woman found dead in street after shooting in Kansas City’s Quality Hill neighborhood
A woman died following a shooting Monday morning in Kansas City’s Quality Hill neighborhood.
Officers responded just after 8 a.m. to the area of West 11th and Washington streets, where they found an unresponsive woman who had been shot lying in the street near a vehicle, according to Capt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.
Police rendered aid and called emergency medical services, who pronounced the woman dead at the scene, Becchina said. She was later identified as 32-year-old Shamra Whitney.
Crossroads Academy - Quality Hill, a nearby charter elementary school, was placed on lockdown. Police don’t believe there is an active threat to the school or surrounding community.
Investigators believe the victim and a subject of interest had an interaction near 11th and Washington that escalated when shots were fired, Becchina said.
Detectives are talking with people at the scene when officers arrived and searching the area for witnesses, while crime scene investigators process the scene for evidence.
The killing was the 47th homicide in Kansas City this year, according to data tracked by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings. There had been 58 killings at this time last year.
