KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Blue Springs man who suffered critical injuries Thursday in a shooting has died.
Police responded to a disturbance and the sound of gunfire around 12:15 p.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of Northwest Mill Place.
A 46-year-old woman, identified Friday as Denine McCord, had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to new information from the Blue Springs Police Department.
A 57-year-old man, identified Friday as Joseph R. Patterson, also had been shot and was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries. He later died.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Blue Springs Police Department Investigations Unit at 816-228-0156.
The investigation is ongoing, but police are not searching for any suspects and the preliminary focus is that the incident was a murder-suicide.
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