Overview
- Police responded to reports of shots fired around 11:45 p.m. Monday and found an adult man unresponsive near a car in the Bally’s KC parking garage.
- Medics transported the victim to a hospital where he was pronounced dead and the shooting is being investigated as a homicide.
- Investigators say a contact between two groups in the garage escalated into an altercation that ended with gunfire.
- KCPD says the suspect or suspects fled the scene before officers arrived and detectives are combing surveillance and physical evidence for leads.
- The department urges anyone with information to call the anonymous tips line at 816-474-TIPS and says casino operations were not disrupted by the incident.