A Thursday afternoon shooting in Midtown Kansas City has left one man dead and a woman in custody after she allegedly admitted to firing the fatal shot. Kansas City police responded to the incident around 1 p.m. at a business located in the 300 block of Linwood Boulevard.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers were approached by a woman who informed them that someone had been shot and admitted to being the shooter.
First responders found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in the business’s parking lot. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have identified the victim as 34-year-old Waleed Shaban.
As the investigation unfolds, police have not released further details regarding the events leading up to the shooting or the relationship between the suspect and victim. The Kansas City Police Department is urging anyone with information to come forward as they work to piece together the circumstances surrounding this tragedy.
