KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say a man inside his home was killed by a stray bullet from a gun battle that took place outside on the street.
Police say the shooting happened shortly after 3 p.m., when an argument involving a group of people erupted in gunfire. Police have not given other details of the shooting, but witnesses along the stretch of Farrow Avenue told news outlets they heard at least a dozen gunshots. Police have not released the name of the man killed. The Kansas City Star reports that the death marked the city’s fifth homicide this year.
Kansas City, Kansas, saw 55 homicides in all of 2020.