US: 2 dead, another injured, in shooting involving Kansas City police officer

Two people are dead and a third person is injured after a shooting involving a Kansas City police officer Friday night

Kansas City: Two people are dead and a third person is injured after a shooting involving a Kansas City police officer Friday night, but few details were immediately available.

The shooting happened after an officer called for help shortly before 9 p.m. near a McDonald’s restaurant in eastern Kansas City.

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Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Andy Bell said the officers who responded found five people and the officer near a white van, and three of the van’s occupants had been shot.

One Black man was critically wounded and died at the scene. A white woman was taken to a hospital where she died. The third victim suffered minor injuries. Two others were detained. The officer was not hurt.

Bell said investigators are working to determine what happened before the officer radioed for help and whether anyone else besides the officer fired a gun. A handgun was found at the scene.

“There’s not a lot of information we can share,” Bell said Friday night. “It’s very, very early in the investigation.” The names and ages of the victims were not immediately released.