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KCPD investigating deadly shooting at Cloverleaf Apartments

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Posted at 9:38 AM, Jul 24, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-24 11:10:46-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a deadly shooting at the Cloverleaf Apartments in south Kansas City.

The shooting happened around 6:45 a.m. Friday. Police said one person, a woman in her 20s or 30s, was killed. She passed away at the hospital.

The call originally went to Grandview police and was transferred to KCPD. It said that someone was shot and lying on the property.

It is at least the third shooting to happen at the apartment complex in 2020 alone.

Barron Shelton, 42, was shot and killed at the complex in March.

Another homicide was investigated there in August 2019, and police reported 351 calls for service at the complex in 2018 despite just containing 200 units.

On Friday morning, police were working to determine what led to the latest shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-8477 (TIPS).

For jurisdictions that utilize the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, anonymous tips can be made by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com.

Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the 41 Action News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015.