KCPD: Victim identified in deadly shooting Sunday in east Kansas City that wounded 2 others

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday afternoon that left an 18-year-old dead and two others injured.

Just before 5 p.m., KCPD officers were dispatched to the 8700 block of East 63rd Street on a reported shooting.

Once officers arrived, they found Martez Turner in the parking lot of the strip mall in the area.

KCPD said Raytown police were actively rendering aid to Turner when they arrived at the scene.

Turner was taken to a hospital where he died.

Authorities then located another man who appeared to be suffering from apparent gunshot trauma.

Raytown police rendered aid to that critically injured victim until emergency medical personnel responded to transport him to a hospital.

A third man was found inside a QuikTrip near the strip mall with non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital.

According to police, preliminary information revealed several individuals who appeared to know each other arrived in different vehicles at the QuikTrip parking lot.

Those people were then involved in an interaction that escalated to gunfire, with multiple victims being struck.

Authorities said the vehicles left the scene before they arrived.

Police said they are working to identify subjects of interest and currently have no one in custody.

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