KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person is fighting for their life following a shooting Friday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri.
The shooting happened around 5:25 p.m. near the basketball court in Seven Oaks Park at East 39th Street and Jackson Avenue.
A bullet hit a 31-year-old man in the left thigh.
Police put a tourniquet around the victim's leg and he was taken to a hospital.
His wound was described as life-threatening.
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