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Woman dies in shooting Monday night in Kansas City's Westside neighborhood

Deadly shooting 1300 West Bluff Drive
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One woman died and a second was injured in a shooting Monday night in Kansas City, Missouri's Westside neighborhood, police said.

At about 8:25 p.m., officers were called to the 1300 block of West Bluff Drive on reports of a shooting.

On arrival, officers located two women suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle east of Avenida Cesar E. Chavez.

Both victims were transported to an area hospital; one of the women died at the hospital while the second was listed in stable condition, police said.

The deceased was later identified as 26-year-old Michelle Donato.

A preliminary investigation found there was a large disturbance outside of an apartment on West Bluff Drive.

Police said the disturbance escalated when more people arrived at the scene and gunshots were fired, hitting the victims.

No suspect information was immediately available.