KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One woman is dead and four men are injured after an overnight shooting near 35th and Prospect.
Kansas City, Missouri, police were called to the area on a reported shooting just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Officers arrived at a gas station parking lot, where they found a woman with critical injuries, a man with critical injuries, and two other men with non-life-threatening injuries.
All of the victims were transported to local hospitals, where the woman died shortly after.
Police later identified the victim as Monique Smith, 34.
Around the same time officers were called to 35th and Prospect, additional officers responded to a separate shooting call in the 2000 block of East Linwood. There, police found another victim they determined to be related to the shooting at 35th and Prospect. He was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
KCPD said the four injured victims are all expected to survive.
As police continue to investigate the homicide, a department spokesperson said detectives have made "progress and continue to pursue leads."
There was no suspect as of Sunday morning.
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