2 dead, 15 reportedly injured in Missouri shooting: police

A police spokesman said the shooter opened fire on a line of people waiting to enter a Kansas City bar, but the motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately clear.

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In this image made from video, a police vehicle passes with sirens near the scene of a shooting Jan. 20, 2020, outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri. Police say at least two people are dead and upwards of a dozen people may have been injured.

In this image made from video, a police vehicle passes with sirens near the scene of a shooting Jan. 20, 2020, outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri. Police say at least two people are dead and upwards of a dozen people may have been injured.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, say at least two people are dead and 15 people were reportedly injured in a shooting outside a bar.

The shooting took place shortly before midnight Sunday, Kansas City police said at the scene. Capt. David Jackson told news outlets at the scene that responding officers found “a chaotic scene” and had to call in help from around the city. A man and a woman were found dead.

Police believe the shooter is the deceased man, Jackson said in a statement. A spokesman said the shooter opened fire on a line of people waiting to enter a bar, but the motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately clear. The shooter was shot by an armed security guard, police said.

During the investigation, police heard that people — at least 15 — were showing up to local hospitals with injuries from the shooting. At least three people were in critical condition, police said.

The scene was near U.S. Highway 40. News outlets at the scene identified the bar outside which the shooting took place as 9ine Ultra Lounge. A Facebook post on the club’s page advertised Sunday night’s “Sold Out Sundays” event, which appeared to be a celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs — featured on the event’s artwork — beat the Tennessee Titans on Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl.

“It just put such a tragic end to such a wonderful day in Kansas City,” Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said at the scene, referencing the win. “It’s just hard to stand here and talk about this kind of tragedy on really one of the best days Kansas City has had in a long time.”

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