KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating a second Tuesday homicide.
Officers were called around 11:45 a.m. to the 8700 block of Countryshire Lane on a shooting.
When officers arrived, they were told to go to an apartment unit, where, inside, they located an adult woman who had been shot. Paramedics arrived on the scene and declared the woman deceased.
A police spokesperson says investigators believe there was an argument between two people that led to gunfire that struck the victim.
The spokesperson said one person was taken into custody at the scene pending further investigation.
Around the same time as the Countryshire shooting, officers were called to the 5200 block of Oak Leaf Drive. One person was shot and killed.
Police said the two fatal shootings are not related.
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