One dead, another injured on Sunday morning near Westport

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another injured early Sunday morning in Kansas City, Missouri.

According to KCPD, officers were dispatched to the area of 39th Street and Broadway near Westport at around 3:30 a.m. for sounds of gunshots.

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Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive man with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a closed business on the northeast corner of the intersection.

Officers attempted to perform life-saving aid to the man until EMS arrived and took him to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

While on the scene, detectives were told another man was shot at the same location and was taken to a hospital by a private car. His injuries were said to be non-life-threatening.

However, later this morning, officers were informed that the man who had been taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries died Sunday morning.

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