The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department is investigating a homicide in the 1700 block of East 97th Street.

Just after 12:15 a.m. Sunday morning, officers were dispatched to the area on reported sounds of gunshots. When they arrived, a bystander advised officers that several people were involved in an altercation that led to shots being fired in a nearby parking lot.

All involved individuals were seen fleeing in unknown directions prior to police arrival.

Officers were notified that one juvenile male and one juvenile female, both under 16-years-old, were taken to an area hospital with gunshot wounds. The male victim died at the hospital, and the female victim is suffering from non life-threatening injuries.

KCPD is investigating what led up to the shooting. No one is in custody.

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