Crime & Safety

Kansas City Bar Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, 5 Injured, Gunmen Sought

Four people are dead and five others injured after a shooting at a bar in Kansas City, KS. The killers are on the run.

KANSAS CITY, KS —Kansas City Police are hunting two men they believe responsible for a dead shooting at the Tequila KC Bar early Sunday morning. The incident left four people dead and five others injured.

Descriptions of the gunmen have not been released.

Police say they were called to the scene around 1:30 a.m..

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They believe that there had been an argument at the bar, that two men left and returned with guns, and opened fire.

It's not believed that everyone who was shot had been involved in the earlier argument.

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The names of the people who were killed have not been released.

Police, who are being aided in the investigation by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, were still on scene Sunday morning.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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