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KCPD investigates shooting, possible kidnapping along Lister Avenue

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Posted at 4:33 PM, Jun 09, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-09 22:02:37-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating a shooting and possible kidnapping Sunday afternoon in the 2800 block of Lister Avenue.

Around 3 p.m., officers were dispatched on a shooting at that location.

Initially, KCPD was told the shooting was a self-inflicted, accidental shooting. One male victim was found at the scene with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

The victim told police someone was kidnapped in connection with the shooting.

KCPD later determined the matter was a family dispute and the subject at the center of the unconfirmed kidnapping call was released a couple miles from the shooting scene.

The suspect in the shooting remains at-large.