Teen dead after shot by KC area homeowner during burglary

KANSAS CITY —Police are conducting a fatal shooting investigation in the during a reported home burglary.

Early Friday, police were dispatched to a burglary in progress at a home in the 100 block of Little Garden in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs, according to a media release. A homeowner called 911 and stated that an individual had unlawfully entered the residence.

Before officers arrived on scene, the homeowner shot the reported suspect. The individual, later identified as 18-year-old Tristan Barker, was pronounced deceased at the scene…

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